Out of Office reply not working

[wlsnoops]

Windows 7 64-bit
Outlook 2010 64-bit
pop3 email account

Hello all,
I've set up the out of office reply but it doesn't send out a reply.

Here is how I set it up. If I'm doing it incorrectly, please let me know.

1. Downloaded and saved a template (.oft file) into the recommended folder. (C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates)
2. In Outlook, I go to File and then click on Rules and Alerts.
3. Click New Rule.
4. Click on "Apply rule to messages I receive". Click Next.
5. Tick the box that says "where my name is in the To or CC box". Click Next.
6. Tick the box that says "reply using a specific template".
7. Click the "specific template" link in the bottom box.
8. After the "Select a reply template" pops up, I click the drop down menu and choose "User templates in file system".
9. Choose my template and click Open. Click Next.
10. I do not choose any exceptions. Click Next.
11. Specify a name for the rule.
12. Make sure the "Turn on this rule" box is ticked.
13. Click finish.

I send myself a test message and l may get a reply one time only, but the next time I get nothing.



What could I be doing wrong? It seems pretty simple to set up.

Thanks.

[gmayor]

Unless you are going to leave the PC on 24 hours a day with automatic send and receive during your absence, out of office replies on a pop3 account are a waste of time. You should investigate instead whether you can set such a message at the server. Many ISPs do offer this facility. For those that don't, you could route your mail through a gmail account (which will also take care of spam filtering).

[wlsnoops]

Originally Posted by gmayor

Unless you are going to leave the PC on 24 hours a day with automatic send and receive during your absence, out of office replies on a pop3 account are a waste of time. You should investigate instead whether you can set such a message at the server. Many ISPs do offer this facility. For those that don't, you could route your mail through a gmail account (which will also take care of spam filtering).

Thank you, Graham. I will look into your suggestions.