Auto-Reply in Windows Live Hotmail
August 18, 2007
Question: How do I set up an auto-reply in my Windows Live Hotmail account?
Solution: (This solution is only for Hotmail users - Newest version of Hotmail required) To the left of the top menu bar, click on the ‘Options‘ button and then click ‘More Options’ in the drop down menu. Under Manage your account, click on the link that says, ‘Send Automated Vacation Replies‘. Fill in - Send vacation replies to people who e-mail you and then write a message that will be replied to the sender. Then click ‘Save‘.
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Conan | August 19, 2007 at 7:29 pm
I did everything you said and it is not even there I also do have Windows Live amd it is fully updated. I have a mac so would that be different if so please let me know to do this
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88michael | August 20, 2007 at 8:39 am
The operating system will not affect this problem, but the web browser that you are using may limit the features you are allowed to use. Opera is one good example. If you Opera with Windows Live Hotmail, you will only see a classic version. The browser than has the best compatibility with Hotmail is Internet Explorer 7. But since you are using a Mac, you can try Camino. (Camino is like FireFox for a Mac.) I am not too sure about Safari but I know that it is not very stable with Hotmail. Note that if you are using the classic version of Hotmail, then you cannot use the auto reply feature.
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88michael | August 22, 2007 at 7:00 am
There seems to be an ActiveX control where you enter the reply. So you’d actually have to use IE on Windows for
that to work. On Firefox in Windows, the page doesn’t appear to
completely load.