Outlook 365 different out of office messages for different days

Question

I will be away from the office for two weeks. The first week I will be on vacation, so I would want my out of office message to indicate such and that I will not be available. The second week I will be at a conference and will be reachable on my cell during certain time frames. Before I leave the office, I need to set up BOTH outgoing away messages. Once the first one has expired, I would need the second one to kick in. How do I accomplish this?

Outlook 0365 Desktop Client

Answer 1

You've got two options here, but neither are what you're looking for. This isn't supported, and there isn't a simple means of setting it up. I'm always going to advocate for the easiest solution. 1. Add both out of office windows to your message, saying you're out for x time and unavailable then y time and only somewhat available. Otherwise you're going to option 2. Which is to quickly update the message once you're online on the first day. Sorry this isn't what you were looking for.

Answer 2

Hi @Dom

Welcome to our forum!

Setting up multiple out-of-office messages for different time periods in Outlook can be a bit tricky because the system is primarily designed to handle one automatic reply at a time. However, you can achieve this by creating two separate rules with specific conditions for each time range. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you set up your out-of-office mail:

Go to Outlook>>File>>Info>>Automatic Replies (Out of Office)>>Set time off and reply, then click on Rules in the bottom left corner>Click Add Rule (In the new dialog, you can set more conditions).

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