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Office 365 (Thunderbird) - Set a vacation message (out of office)

Best Effort Support Only	This document contains instructions on using a non-Microsoft email client, such as Apple Mail or Thunderbird. Microsoft does not recommend these clients for use with Office 365, and there are often significant limitations in client functionality as a result. Because of this, the DoIT Help Desk is only able to offer best effort support for these clients, and certain issues may require the use of a Microsoft client in order to be resolved. For more information on Office 365 client support, please see: Office 365 - Which clients/protocols will be supported?.

Best Effort Support Only

This document contains instructions on using a non-Microsoft email client, such as Apple Mail or Thunderbird. Microsoft does not recommend these clients for use with Office 365, and there are often significant limitations in client functionality as a result.

Because of this, the DoIT Help Desk is only able to offer best effort support for these clients, and certain issues may require the use of a Microsoft client in order to be resolved. For more information on Office 365 client support, please see: Office 365 - Which clients/protocols will be supported?.

Thunderbird has no native support for Vacation/Out of Office Messages

However, you can configure your email account through the Outlook Web App to send a Vacation Message to all incoming messages.

Please click here to learn how to set a Vacation Message with the Outlook Web App.

For more on why Thunderbird has no native support, please click here.

Keywords:	office 365 0365 microsoft thunderbird o365 Suggest keywords	Doc ID:	39520
Owner:	Help Desk KB Team .	Group:	DoIT Help Desk
Created:	2014-04-24 13:00 CST	Updated:	2020-08-13 17:22 CST
Sites:	DoIT Help Desk, Office 365
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