Setting an E-mail Out-of-Office Reply
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Almost everyone configures e-mail "out-of-office" auto-replies when they are away from Roosevelt for more than a day or two. Until now, however, auto-replies only went to people with roosevelt.edu e-mail accounts and did not go to people from outside the university. This practice has now changed.

Effective immediately, "out-of-office" auto-replies that you configure in Outlook will be sent to everyone who sends you an e-mail message while you are away, whether they are a colleague at Roosevelt or a friend in China. No action need be taken on your part to enable this new feature of our e-mail system.

How to Set-up an Out-of-Office Reply from Outlook

1. Click Tools | Out of Office Assistant

2. Select "I am currently Out of the Office" and enter the text you wish to include in the reply e-mail messages. Click OK.

3. To turn off the Out-of-Office reply, return to the Out of Office Assistant and select "I am currently In the Office."

How to Set-up an Out-of-Office Reply via the E-mail Web Site

1. In your web browser, go to https://franklin.roosevelt.edu and log-in to your e-mail account.

2. At the bottom-left of the screen, click the Options button.

3. The first option on the page is the Out-of-Office Assistant. To set the reply, select the "I'm currently out of the office" button, and then enter the reply text in the box below.

4. Click Save and Close.

5. To turn off the Out-of-Office reply, return to your options page and select "I'm currently in the office" and click Save and Close.