Set a Vacation Message on a Harvard Email Account

If you are going away for a long period of time. It is useful if you place a vacation message on your e-mail.

Outlook Web Access (OWA)

Open your web browser and navigate to Exchange WebMail (OWA)
Login with your Harvard email (fas_domain\username) and password
Click on the Options link at the top right of the window
Select Tell people you're on vacation from the column on the right
Choose the option to Send Out of Office auto-replies
You can then select a time frame during which you would like this Out of Office message delivered
You also have the ability to set two separate Out of Office messages, or configure just one and not the other:
The Inside My Organization tab will be delivered to all @fas.harvard.edu e-mail addresses.
The Outside My Organization tab will be delivered to all non-Harvard e-mail addresses. On the Outside My Organization tab, you can further select just addresses in your Contacts lists, or Anyone outside Harvard to receive your automatic reply.
Click the Save button to save your changes

Open Outlook 2010
Click on the File menu and select Info
Select Automatic Replies (Out of Office) on the right side of the screen
Select the Send automatic replies radio button to turn on out-of-office automatic replies
You can then select a time frame during which you would like this Out of Office message delivered. It can be set to a specific date and time to begin, as well as turned off at a specific date and time.
You also have the ability to set two separate Out of Office messages, or configure just one and not the other:
The Inside My Organization tab will be delivered to all @fas.harvard.edu e-mail addresses.
The Outside My Organization tab will be delivered to all non-Harvard e-mail addresses. On the Outside My Organization tab, you can further select just addresses in your Contacts lists, or Anyone outside Harvard.
Click OK to save your changes

Out of Office Outlook

Open Outlook 2007/2003
Click on the Tools menu and select Out of Office Assistant
Choose the option to Send Out of Office auto-replies
You can then select a time frame during which you would like this Out of Office message delivered. It can be set to a specific date and time to begin, as well as turned off at a specific date and time.
You also have the ability to set two separate Out of Office messages, or configure just one and not the other:
The Inside My Organization tab will be delivered to all @fas,harvard.edu e-mail addresses.
The Outside My Organization tab will be delivered to all non- Harvard e-mail addresses. On the Outside My Organization tab, you can further select just addresses in your Contacts lists, or Anyone outside Harvard to receive your automatic reply.
Click OK to save your changes