Out of Office help

[milly143]

I have set up my out of office on Outlook. I selected the option, I am out of office now and in the bottom right hand corner it gives me the option to turn off the out of office, however it doesn't seem to be working. I sent myself a test e-mail from my hotmail account because someone mentioned last time they hadn't received the auto reply. I haven't received one to my hotmail account either (I have checked junk mail). What am I doing wrong?

[squarebear]

Is this a work based system or at home?

Many workplaces do not allow out of office to work externally, as it advertises to spammers that your email is genuine or worse still, to burglars that you are not in.

"I am on holiday in Spain until 3rd January. If you need help please call Claire on 012345678.
- Joe Bloggs"

A burglar/spammer now knows your name, your colleague's, their phone number, the fact that you are away from your house and so on.

[milly143]

Yeah, it's a works one. Hadn't thought that the option might just be blocked all together.

[squarebear]

It will most likely only work internally to your office, unless your IT section is a bit lax.

[milly143]

We're only a little office so pay an outside company for our IT support. Can't get hold of them. Good work fellas!