Sending automatic replies

Description

You can set up automatic replies for your OHIO email to automatically respond to people who send you an e-mail. This setting can be for an undefined or defined time frame, like during a vacation. You can also determine whether all or only some recipients receive your automatic reply.

Environment

PC, Mac, Outlook, Microsoft 365

Solution 

Outlook on the Web (also works for Mac Mail users) 

  1. Log in to https://catmail.ohio.edu

  2. Click the gear icon and choose View all Outlook settings

  3. Click Automatic replies in the Mail tab 

  4. The resulting dialog will let you enable or disable automatic replies, change the text, specify a time period and create a separate message for people outside of ohio.edu

Outlook for Windows 

  1. Go to the File tab and choose Automatic Replies

  2. The resulting dialog will let you enable or disable automatic replies, change the text, specify a time period and create a separate message for people outside of ohio.edu

Outlook for Mac 

  1. From the View menu, select Go To and then Mail. If you have multiple accounts, click the appropriate one. 

  2. From the Tools menu, select Out of Office

  3. The resulting dialog will let you enable/disable automatic replies, change the text, specify a time period and create a separate message for people outside of ohio.edu

Outcome: You should now be able to set up an automatic reply for your OHIO email.

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Article ID: 196
Created
Thu 3/24/22 10:19 AM
Modified
Wed 11/22/23 12:02 PM