The Out of Office Assistant is simply a rule in Outlook that is premade for people who use Outlook on a network with Exchange Server...if you don't use Exchange Server, you won't have it. But I wrote an article in Dian's newsletter on how to simulate the Out of Office Assistant if you use Outlook without Exchange Server here: http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=127 And sorry, Christine, I have no idea how to do this with server side rules...only with client side ones :-( Linda F. Johnson, M.A., MOS Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com Free e-Books, Newsletter, and tutorials -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Carneal Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 12:40 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Out of Office Assistant? Where is the Out of Office Assistant? I have Office 2000 Pro, would I have that? Thank you. Robert ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************