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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Installation and Configuration / February 2006exchange server ooa
I use msn for my email and outlook 2003 - but I need to have an out of office assistant. The rules option doesn't seem to work - is there another option? Since you don't use Exchange, a rule (and leaving Outlook running) is your only option. What didn't work with the rule?  SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I use msn for my email and outlook 2003 - but I need to have an out of office > assistant. The rules option doesn't seem to work - is there another option? I can not figure out how to put in a message - guess I'm not understanding the instructions for the rule. Is there a way to move to the exchange server? It's so weird that MSN isn't compatible for this stuff or that the small business upgrade doesn't have something to help in these situations. > Since you don't use Exchange, a rule (and leaving Outlook running) is your only option. What didn't work with the rule? > > >I use msn for my email and outlook 2003 - but I need to have an out of office > > assistant. The rules option doesn't seem to work - is there another option? Use Tools | Options | Mail Format to turn off Word as your email editior. Then create the message you want to use as the reply and save it as an .oft file using the File | Save As command. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I can not figure out how to put in a message - guess I'm not understanding > the instructions for the rule. Is there a way to move to the exchange [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> >I use msn for my email and outlook 2003 - but I need to have an out of office >> > assistant. The rules option doesn't seem to work - is there another option? Create the message in word? I just tried that but it wouldn't let me do anything when I browsed for teh file except identify the file the .oft was in. There should be a better way to do this. > Use Tools | Options | Mail Format to turn off Word as your email editior. Then create the message you want to use as the reply and save it as an .oft file using the File | Save As command. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >> >I use msn for my email and outlook 2003 - but I need to have an out of office > >> > assistant. The rules option doesn't seem to work - is there another option? No. Please read my instructions again. In OUtlook, you need to turn off the use of Word as your Outlook email editor, because that option will block your ability to save a message as an .oft templat file, which is what the rule requires. You create messages, of course, in Outlook, not Word. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Create the message in word? I just tried that but it wouldn't let me do > anything when I browsed for teh file except identify the file the .oft was [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >> >I use msn for my email and outlook 2003 - but I need to have an out of office >> >> > assistant. The rules option doesn't seem to work - is there another option? I did read your instructions - there is no place in outlook that allows me to type a message which is why I went to another program and tried to save the message as .oft. THank you anyway for your help. > No. Please read my instructions again. In OUtlook, you need to turn off the use of Word as your Outlook email editor, because that option will block your ability to save a message as an .oft templat file, which is what the rule requires. You create messages, of course, in Outlook, not Word. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > >> >> >I use msn for my email and outlook 2003 - but I need to have an out of office > >> >> > assistant. The rules option doesn't seem to work - is there another option? Click FIle | New | Message. Then type your message in the body of that message and save it as an .oft file. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I did read your instructions - there is no place in outlook that allows me to > type a message which is why I went to another program and tried to save the > message as .oft. THank you anyway for your help. > >> No. Please read my instructions again. In OUtlook, you need to turn off the use of Word as your Outlook email editor, because that option will block your ability to save a message as an .oft templat file, which is what the rule requires. You create messages, of course, in Outlook, not Word. >> > Create the message in word? I just tried that but it wouldn't let me do >> > anything when I browsed for teh file except identify the file the .oft was [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >> >> >I use msn for my email and outlook 2003 - but I need to have an out of office >> >> >> > assistant. The rules option doesn't seem to work - is there another option? > I use msn for my email and outlook 2003 - but I need to have an out > of office assistant. The rules option doesn't seem to work - is there > another option? See if this helps: http://www.slipstick.com/rules/autoreply.htm SignatureBrian Tillman |
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