
Outlook on the web doesn’t have the option to create automatic reply rules but can be configured to automatically decline or cancel meeting requests.This content has been archived, and is no longer maintained by Indiana University.

In Outlook on the web, expand the Options menu and select Automatic Replies to open the automatic replies dialog. Click the Rules button to configure options for specific messages. In Outlook, setup the automatic reply at File, Automatic Replies. This is the same automatic reply feature available to Office 365 and Exchange server accounts, although without the option for Internal and External recipients.


This will reply to all messages (unless limited to Contacts) once per address, until the automatic reply is turned off. users can set up an automatic reply in either Outlook or Outlook on the web. Using run a script will send a reply with every message that meets the condition of the rule. To use a Run a script rule to emulate an Out of Office reply, see Run a Script Rule: Send a new message when a message arrives or Run a script rule: Autoreply using a template. (Many do.) Look for the option to create a "vacation reply", as this is the common terminology used on many servers. It's much easier and safer to set up an automatic reply on your mail server, if your server supports it. This means you need to leave your computer turned on and Outlook needs to connect to the Internet regularly to check for new mail. This will only reply to email after Outlook downloads mail.

If you want a signature on the response, it should be saved with the template. To create the automatic reply message using Outlook rules, follow these steps. If you use, you'll be able to use Automatic Replies feature found at File, Automatic replies for 'vacation replies' but can use the rules method.
