Email - adding your own text message to away status

[Cara]

How do I add my own text to away status on Outlook
Express Email i.e. "I'm away from my computer and not
checking email". I understand you can click on Outlook's
away status verbage under Tools, Online status, but I
wanted to add my own message.

Thanks!
Cara

[Ben Williams]

The Online status is for Instant Messenger.
If you want to send email reply's back to people when you are away you can
set up a rule to automatically reply to all emails.

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DesertBlade
"Cara" > wrote in message
...
> How do I add my own text to away status on Outlook
> Express Email i.e. "I'm away from my computer and not
> checking email". I understand you can click on Outlook's
> away status verbage under Tools, Online status, but I
> wanted to add my own message.
>
> Thanks!
> Cara

[Benny Mathew]

you can do the following:
1. Go to MSN Messenger windows
2. Click Tools/Options...
3. On the Personal tab, type your message after your name.

But make sure you remove it after you are back.

you can even use a nick name there.

Cheers
Benny

"Cara" > wrote in message
...
> How do I add my own text to away status on Outlook
> Express Email i.e. "I'm away from my computer and not
> checking email". I understand you can click on Outlook's
> away status verbage under Tools, Online status, but I
> wanted to add my own message.
>
> Thanks!
> Cara

[Cara]

I'm able to check off the Rule criteria pertaining to my
reply message, however I still can't tyoe in my own
verbage. Your thoughts?
Cara
>-----Original Message-----
>The Online status is for Instant Messenger.
>If you want to send email reply's back to people when
you are away you can
>set up a rule to automatically reply to all emails.
>
>--
>DesertBlade
>"Cara" > wrote in message
...
>> How do I add my own text to away status on Outlook
>> Express Email i.e. "I'm away from my computer and not
>> checking email". I understand you can click on
Outlook's
>> away status verbage under Tools, Online status, but I
>> wanted to add my own message.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Cara
>
>
>.
>

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

"Cara" > wrote in message

> I'm able to check off the Rule criteria pertaining to my
> reply message, however I still can't tyoe in my own
> verbage. Your thoughts?
> Cara

Assuming that you mean Outlook Express, write your text using Notepad and
save it as a TXT file. Make your rule and tell it to Reply with message and
browse to your TXT file.

WARNING:
It will also respond to your spam messages that get past any rule above
which does not have Stop processing more rules. Since a lot of spam has
phone email addresses your ISP will respond to you with an undeliverable
message. To which OE will respond again. If the undeliverable response
used an undeliverable address, you, get another one to which OE will
response, etc. End result, a stuffed mail box and further mail to you gets
bounced.
See if your ISP offers this service.

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