Add an Out of Office Message to a Shared Mailbox

Browse to office365.ncl.ac.uk and log in with your standard university email account.

Go to the top right and click on your profile picture (or your initials if you don’t have a picture).

Screenshot showing the location of your profile

 

Inside this menu, choose "Open another Mailbox"

Screenshot showing a user how to open another mailbox

 

Enter the display name of your shared mailbox. This should give you an autocomplete option for the mailbox.

Screenshot showing a user how to search for a mailbox

 

Once you have this mailbox open, go to the settings cog in the top right.

Choose “View all Outlook settings”.

 

Screenshot showing a settings panel

 

On this page, go to automatic replies and then “turn on automatic replies”.

Type your message and set the start and end times if required. Click “save” and this will be applied.

 

Screenshot showing you how to add a message to a shared mailbox