How to set a weekly Out-of-Office

Question

On Wednesdays, I'll be taking a day off, and I'd like to set an OoO in my Microsoft-Outlook.

The point is: how do I set a rule only to have this OoO to work on Wednesdays?
In the rule-section, this is what I have:

Clicking on "Advanced" yields the following screen:

I don't see the possibility to check for a weekly day.

How can I achieve this?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 24 '25 at 12:13

Workaround for your requirement:

Go to Rules – Then select Manage Rules and Alerts

Select “New Rule”

Select the Option “Apply rule on messages I receive” Under the category “Start from a blank rule” click next.

Put a check in the box – with specific words in the message header.

Click on the blue underlined words “specific words” a new box will pop up. In this box, type the abbreviation for the day of the week you want this to apply to. I have it set for an out of office reply on Tuesdays, the abbreviation for the days of the week are the first 3 letters, Tuesday = Tue click add, then click ok.

It will take you back to the previous screen, just click next.

Now select “have server reply using a specific message”

Click on the words “a specific message” in the step 2 box.

This will open an untitled message. Leave the to, cc, and bcc blank. Fill in the subject line and the body of the email. Below is an example. Then click save and close.

This will take you back to the prior window. Make sure the information is how you want it, then click next.

You will then be asked if there are any exceptions. I had none so I skipped this by clicking next.

Now you are at the final screen. Check your information again. You can name the rule. Make sure there is a check in the box “Turn on This Rule. Then click Finish. Sorry for the additional blue square, had to block out my work email.