Using Microsoft Outlook, you can create rules to reply automatically to incoming messages with the Rules Wizard and Out of Office Assistant.
Out-of-Office is missing or grayed out
The Out-of-Office Assistant is missing Out-of-office Assistant is for Microsoft Exchange mailboxes only. Look for it on the File menu is Outlook 2010 or on the Tools menu in older versions. If you don't have an Exchange mailbox, you'll need to replicate it's actions using Rules Wizard, or better yet, use your email server's "vacation
Exchange Server's Rules Limitation
Microsoft Exchange server, including Office 365 Exchange Online and Outlook.com, as well as on-prem Exchange servers, limit the number of rules a user can have in an Exchange mailbox. The limit is based on total size, not number of rules, so one user might have 20 rules while another has 30. Exchange 2003 and older
Avoid duplicate messages caused by Outlook's Rules Wizard
A user cam to me with this problem: I have 2 email accounts (EmailA & EmailB) and two subfolders (FolderA & FolderB) under my INBOX folder where mail for each account. I'm using rules to move the mail to the correct folder: specific words under sender's (emailA) and recipient's (emailA) address and move it to
Create a custom view to list upcoming birthdays
Display only the birthdays that occur in the upcoming months, by creating a custom view in Outlook's Calendar.
Apply Conditional Formatting to Internal Email
An Outlook user posed this question: I'm trying to change the color of all of the messages which is coming from the local machine but no luck. Its working fine for other domains but not for the local domain. The conditional formatting rule did not work because mail sent from Exchange mailboxes does not use
Create a view for appointments that don't have reminders
How to create a view to display appointments that don't have reminders in Outlook.
Outlook Rules Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked question about Outlook's rules wizard.
Show a Desktop Alert when Rules move messages
Problem: Rules are moving messages to other folders but you'd like to see the desktop alert that shows the sender and subject for a few seconds in the lower right corner of your screen. Or you only want the desktop alert to display for messages from certain people. Solution: Create a rule with the action
My Pet Peeve: Using Rules to Fight Spam
Color me clueless, but I just can not understand why people are so fixated on using rules to delete spam. It's time consuming to keep the rules updated because spammers keep changing their addresses (often using fake addresses from legitimate domains) and use creative spelling for their products. You just can't win at this game