Automatic Messaging - Outlook Express

Hi! A friend of mine will be going away on vacation and is wondering if she can set up her e-mail program to do the following...

"... am I able to send an automatic message to people when I go away telling them I will return messages when I return?"
Outlook Express
ISP - Cogeco Cable

Thank You!

 

Yes, Cogeco do have their own webmail... however, I don't believe she'll have acccess to a computer (camping).

I'll ask if she has another online e-mail provider and get back to you.
Thank you!

 

Automatically reply to incoming messages while out of the office

This should allow a personal reply...


Automatically reply to incoming messages while out of the office

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This feature requires Microsoft Exchange.

1. On the Tools menu, click Out of Office Assistant.
2. Click I am currently Out of the Office.
3. In the AutoReply only once to each sender with the following text box, type the message you want to send to others while you are out.

 

Troubleshoot the Out of Office Assistant This is an Exchange add-in feature that may have been disabled. You need to enable the menu command.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. Click the Other tab, and then click Advanced Options.
3. Click Add-In Manager. Select the option Exchange Extensions commands.

 

Jewlzs... thanks so much for your help... but I don't see any of these within the Outlook Express menu?

 

Aaaahhhh!
Yeah, I was asking about Outlook Express, I'm sure I mentioned that in my first post. Sorry.

 

It's also in the title of the thread so you have no need to apologize, Oooops! .

 

Why would she need access to webmail while away? The purpose of setting up an auto-reply would be to provide a response without having to access your email.

Will her email service allow automatic forwarding to another account? Perhaps she could have her email forwarded to a Gmail account. Since Gmail does allow Setting an automatic vacation response, that would be way to send automatice replies. The downside might be that the recipients of such automated responses may think she's changed her email to Gmail.

 

You've misunderstood my thread.
LauraR asked me if my friend had access to webmail. The answer was no. My friend is going camping and won't be near a computer... which is the reason for this thread, my friend was wondering...
"... am I able to send an automatic message to people when I go away telling them I will return messages when I return?"

Thanks for the suggestion about Gmail, however I'm asking about Outlook Express with her Cogeco Account.

 

Right, I understand that. But, you can not do that with Outlook Express, and apparently Cogeco does not offer the feature. So, I was offering a work-around.

 

Outlook express:

Tools
Message rules
mail

allows you to enter a personal I am out of office or what ever...

 

OK, I stand corrected; I see how that can work. Of course, in addition to leaving the computer on and OE running as LauraR said, OE must be set to automatically check for messages at certain time intervals.

Post back if you want more detailed instructions on this.

 

Thank you for your help.

Switching e-mail addys would not be convenient for her at this time, also just to note, she won't be able to leave her computer on at home while she's away, with the other work-around as posted.
Sorry for the confusion everyone, thanks to all for your help/suggestions, much appreciated.