"eclloyd" <eclloyd> wrote in message
news:6A54F4C1-CA97-4F96-91CD-2CBE074607C0@microsoft.com...
> On my home laptop I have Outlook 2007 but I am not able to find the out of
> office asssitant that in the tools menu like I can at work. Where is it on
> my home version? Please help!
The Out of Office Assistant exists only when you are using an Exchange
account. Most home users don't use Exchange, but use POP/SMTP, IMAP/SMTP, or
the Outlook Connector and a Hotmail/Live account. You're better off seeing if
your mail service provides a vacation function you can configure by logging
into the mail service via its web interface. Otherwise, you can construct a
rule in Outlook to emulate the OOA and leave Outlook running while you're
gone. See this:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA011223851033.aspx
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