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525300 2007-02-17 01:09:00 I use Outlook for my e-mailing; this is a part of Office XP (2003). Something appears to have gone awry with the "Out of Office" part of the Tools.

I went overseas for the Christmas/New Year period and left an out-of-office autoreply advising those who sent me messages when I would be back. This worked fine.

Now I'm back home, the "out-of-office" command in the Tools menu cannot be found and I can't cancel the auto-reply which is confusing people.

I've looked into Customise and Options, in the Tools menu, but have found nothing to restore the "out-of-office" command. Likewise I've looked at the on-board help and this tells me that the command is in the Tools menu, but of course it has disappeared.

Any ideas please before I try to reload Outlook?
James Kirk (3742)
525301 2007-02-17 05:04:00 "Note that the Out of Office Assistant is only available if you have the Microsoft Exchange Server service in your profile"

support.microsoft.com
godfather (25)
525302 2007-02-17 21:33:00 Godfather, Thanks, I've now read Microsoft's article 290846.
I'm not sure what "my profile" means. Where can I find this and update it? I certainly had "out-of-office" assistant previously but something has changed and now it's gone. James
James Kirk (3742)
525303 2007-02-17 21:39:00 And if u looked under help in Outlook, it wld have given u the answer .

Some of the content in this topic may not be applicable to some languages .

This feature requires you to use a Microsoft Exchange Server e-mail account .

In Mail, on the Tools menu, click Out of Office Assistant .

I don't see the Out of Office Assistant command

The Out of Office Assistant command does not appear unless you are using an Exchange Server e-mail account and you are in the Mail view .

Click Add Rule .

Under When a message arrives that meets the following conditions, specify the conditions of the rule that the message must meet for the action to occur .

To specify more conditions, click Advanced, select the options you want, and then click OK .

To specify that this rule must be the last one applied, select the Do not process subsequent rules check box .

Under Perform these actions, select the options you want . You can select more than one option .

Note If you specify that a message must be deleted, rules that follow the delete rule in the list of rules in the Out of Office Assistant dialog box do not affect the message .

And here ( . microsoft . com/en-us/outlook/HA010955041033 . aspx" target="_blank">office . microsoft . com)
Speedy Gonzales (78)
525304 2007-02-17 21:48:00 Looks like u have to select MS Exchange server in mail, in control panel.

Thats if u know what the MS EXchange server is.

BTW, looks like there's a prob when u go to edit and then save in this forum. It hangs.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
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