Creating Out-of-Office Messages in Outlook

May 24, 2006

To: UCOP Community
From: Michael Shannon, Manager, IR&C Communication Services

I have an important message for everyone using Outlook for e-mail: Do not use the old “absence message/mail forward” function located at https://www-sec.ucop.edu/irccgi/vmfst.html. This should only be used with Eudora e-mail. Using this function after you have migrated to Outlook will seriously disrupt your e-mail service. If you use it by mistake, contact the IR&C Technology Service Desk immediately at TechDesk@ucop.edu.

It is easy to set out-of-office messages in Outlook. PC users have two options:

• From your work computer
  • open Outlook and click on Tools
  • under Out of Office Assistant, select “I’m currently out of the office” and create your message
  • click OK

• Or from Outlook Web Access (OWA) (http://owa.ucop.edu)

• click on Options
• under Out of Office Assistant, select “I’m currently out of the office” and create your message
  click Close and Save
• For general information about using OWA: http://www.ucop.edu/irc/services/outlook/owa.html

Mac users must use OWA. See instructions above.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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