You can set up a rule that will reply to incoming messages—if you leave Outlook running while you're away. For more information, see use rules to send an out of office message.

To set an automatic reply for contacts outside your company, select Outside My Organization > Auto-reply to people outside my organization, type in a message, and select OK.

Use automatic replies in Outlook on the web to tell people you won't be responding right away to their email messages.

If you're using a Microsoft Exchange account, go to Send automatic out of office replies from Outlook and follow the steps under “Set up an automatic reply.”

In Outlook for iOS and Android, you can set up Out of Office replies for Microsoft 365, Exchange, Exchange (Hybrid), and Outlook.com accounts. To set up out of the office replies, tap Settings, tap …

If you see a button that says Automatic Replies, see Send automatic out of office replies from Outlook. Otherwise, use the following steps to create a template to reply to messages and set up Outlook to …

You can send automatic (Out of Office) replies from Outlook for Mac whenever you want to let people who send you email know that you won’t be responding to their messages right away.

Your out of office status will also sync with automatic replies in your Outlook calendar. There are two ways to schedule your out of office status and message in Teams.

With Outlook on the web, save yourself time by creating a signature for your emails, and turn on automatic replies when you're on vacation or want to let people know you will be slow to reply to email.

To learn about the variety of ways in which you can share your calendar with others, see Share an Outlook calendar with other people. To learn how to send out of office replies, see Send automatic …