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Outlook on the Web - Out of Office Auto-reply

The following tutorial details the process of how to turn on out of office auto-reply messages through the Microsoft 365 Outlook on the web.


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Step 1

Log in to Outlook on the web with your IdentiKeyUsername@colorado.edu email address and password.

Step 2

On the top right of the page, click the Gear icon to open the settings pane.

Step 3

Select Mail, then Automatic replies.

Step 4

In the Automatic Replies window, click the Automatic replies on toggle to activate automatic replies, then set the send conditions. You can define the dates and times that automatic messages are sent, as well as the types of contacts that receive replies.

*Note: If you don't specify a Start time and End time, you will need to manually turn off automatic replies later.

Step 5

Type your outgoing messages in the text boxes provided. You will be required to enter a message to senders inside your organization, but depending on your conditions in the previous step, you may not need to write a message for those outside your organization. To save your changes, click Save.