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. In Look in:, choose User Template in File system in the dropdown then select your template.Choose the Action to reply using a specific template then click the link in the lower section to select the template.After you save the template, create a rule for messages you receive by selecting Apply rule on messages I receive.Save as a template using File, Save as, Outlook Template (.oft).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.
