Send automatic out of office replies from Outlook for Windows

Use automatic (Out of Office) replies from Outlook for Windows to tell people you won't be responding right away to their email messages.

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On the View tab, select View settings.
Select Accounts > Automatic Replies.
Select the Turn on automatic replies toggle.
Select Send replies only during a time period, and then enter start and end times.
Under Send automatic replies inside your organization, enter the message to send while you're away. (You can use the formatting options for text alignment, color, and emphasis.)

To set up automatic replies to other people, select Send replies outside your organization, then add a separate message for that audience.
When you're done, select Save.

At the bottom left corner of the of the navigation pane, select Mail.
On the Tools tab, select Automatic Replies.
Select Send automatic replies for account "(your account)".
Under Reply once to each sender within my organization, enter your automatic reply.
To set the start and end dates, select the Send replies during this time period checkbox, and enter the start and end dates and times.

Note: When you check this box and set start and end dates and times, your out of office replies will turn off automatically when the end date and time occurs.
To set options for replying to people outside your organization (if it is enabled by your Exchange administrator), select Send replies outside my organization, then select Send only to my Contacts or Send to all external senders, and under Reply once to senders outside my organization, enter your automatic reply.
Select OK.