Out of Office when you are out of the office.
As you may be aware, Outlook has an "Out of Office" feature that can be configured when you are away from your PC to respond automatically to incoming messages with a predefined message letting the sender know you are unavailable. This works great if you remember to do it when you are in front of your machine -but what if you are out of the office unexpectedly and didn’t have time to configure your Out of Office message???
If you are using a Cell Phone based on Windows Mobile and your administrator has configured message synchronization for you (and I hope he has), its as easy as Opening Outlook on your phone (where you view your e-mail), choosing Menu and then Tools and select Out of Office. You can then customize your message with an alternate contact number or a time that you will be back in the office. This is a nifty little trick that I try to show to as many Windows Mobile users as I can. I hope you can use it too…
Cheers,
-Justin Carter-
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