How to set an Out-of-Office Rule in GroupWise Client

When you will be out of the office and want to alert people who send you e-mail, GroupWise provides a helpful feature called a rule that can help you do this. It is just one example of how rules can work for you.

From the Tools menu, choose Rules to bring up the Rules window.

1.	Choose New to open the New Rule window.
2.	Type: Out of Office (or any other name you prefer) in the Rule Name text box.
3.	In the When Event Is pop-up list, select New Item (which is the default setting).
4.	Check the Received box. Under Item Types, check the types of mail to be affected, eg. mail, appointments, tasks, etc.
5.	In the lower part of the New Rule window there is a section that says: Then Actions Are. In this section click on the Add Action button and select Reply from the menu list.
6.	When the Reply dialog box opens, make sure that you select Reply to Sender, NOT 'Reply to All.' Then choose OK.
7.	In the subject line, type "Out of Office." In the reply message box, type your reply message.
8.	Click OK to save the message. The Reply action is now set.
9.	Choose Save to save the rule, and then Close the New Rule window.
10.	You will now return to the Rules window where you will see the rule you have just created.
11.	If there is not a check mark already in the activation box next to the rule, click in the box to activate it.
12.	Select Close to exit the Rules window.
	Note: The rule will remain in effect until you remove the check mark.