How to enable the automatic vacation reply in Outlook.com?

Anonymous
2013-04-04T06:48:02+00:00

Original Title: How do I turn on vacation notifcation auto reply NOW

I need to turn on the auto-reply vacation opotion NOW, not wait until I have been using it for a few days as I'm asked to do or put a mobile phone number in which I will not do. I can find no way of doing this.

(And of course - I want my old hotmail back not this rubbishy replacement)

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Anonymous
2013-04-05T05:28:16+00:00

Hello DhammagitaDhi,

Thank you for bringing your concern to our attention. Allow me to assist you on how you can setup the Automatic vacation reply on your Microsoft account. Please be informed that all Hotmail users will be upgraded to Outlook.com and plans were shared when Outlook.com preview was launched. To ensure a smooth transition for all Hotmail customers, the upgrade will be gradual. This is the start of that upgrade process. Please refer to the steps below on how to do this.

  1. Sign in to Outlook.com.
  2. Click the gear icon on the upper right corner beside your name.
  3. Select More mail settings.
  4. Under Managing your account click Sending automated vacation replies.
  5. Enter the message you'd like to send while you're away.
  6. Click Save.

In addition, note that there's some features that might be turned off for newly created Microsoft accounts.  

  • Sending automated vacation replies (auto reply option)
  • Email signature
  • POP aggregation (send Hotmail email with any email address)
  • Forwarding email
  • Reply-To address (receive replies to Hotmail email at a different email address)
  • Send-As address (send email in Hotmail from other email addresses)

Let us know the results after performing the above actions.

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Anonymous
2016-08-30T07:40:48+00:00

Hi,

Please follow the steps below to enable automatic replies in Outlook.com:

  1. Go to www.outlook.com and sign in.
  2. Click on the gear icon located at the upper right corner of the page.
  3. Select Automatic Replies from the Mail Settings menu.
  4. Tick the "Send automatic replies" button to start setting your automated responses.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

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2013-04-07T07:08:16+00:00

Hello DhammagitaDhi,

Thank you for bringing your concern to our attention. Allow me to assist you on how you can setup the Automatic vacation reply on your Microsoft account. Please be informed that all Hotmail users will be upgraded to Outlook.com and plans were shared when Outlook.com preview was launched. To ensure a smooth transition for all Hotmail customers, the upgrade will be gradual. This is the start of that upgrade process. Please refer to the steps below on how to do this.

 

  1. Sign in to Outlook.com.
  2. Click the gear icon on the upper right corner beside your name.
  3. Select More mail settings.
  4. Under Managing your account click Sending automated vacation replies.
  5. Enter the message you'd like to send while you're away.
  6. Click Save.

 

In addition, note that there's some features that might be turned off for newly created Microsoft accounts.  

  • Sending automated vacation replies (auto reply option)
  • Email signature
  • POP aggregation (send Hotmail email with any email address)
  • Forwarding email
  • Reply-To address (receive replies to Hotmail email at a different email address)
  • Send-As address (send email in Hotmail from other email addresses)

Let us know the results after performing the above actions.

I don't have any such option. See here: https://dl.dropbox.com/s/pspzfg3rhrahnqu/outlook%20problem.png?token\_hash=AAG9wFNEamqgCM8JLDQL1m6e5yPQLqWiQhvrMOGU-nxYCQ&dl=1

Thanx...

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-04-23T00:54:46+00:00

    Hi Andrew Adenegan and 理路バートレット,

    We understand that you want to setup a vacation reply on your account but do not have the option to do so.

    We would like you to visit the link below for the possible reason why the feature is not available on your account. Why are some features turned off in Outlook.com?

    We recommend that you perform SMS validation to unlock the missing features on your account. You can perform SMS validation through https://sms.live.com.

    I also sent you a private message to ask for your affected email address so we can check the account for you. Please sign-in to this website in order to see the Private Message tab where you can provide the email account and kindly reply back to this post for us to be notified that you have already provided the requested information.

    Thank you.

    Johan

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-04-10T05:40:38+00:00

    Hi americast,

    We greatly appreciate your time and efforts for getting back to us and for providing us a screenshot of your mail settings. This will help us to speed up the process of our troubleshooting process regarding your concern.

    In order for us to properly address your concern, please provide us the affected email address for further investigation. I've provided a private message where you can input the email address in a private and secure way. Please make sure that you are currently signed in to view the private message and reply on this post to notify us that the required information has been provided.

    Thanks!

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