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From: "Ulysses Maclaren [SSW]" <162542237+uly1@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2024 14:13:01 +1100
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-seoDescription: Do you minimize the use of Out of Office? Minimize unnecessary use of out-of-office notifications and automate responses only for extended periods off the grid to maintain productivity.
 type: rule
 title: Do you minimize the use of Out of Office?
+seoDescription: Do you minimize the use of Out of Office? Minimize unnecessary
+  use of out-of-office notifications and automate responses only for extended
+  periods off the grid to maintain productivity.
 uri: do-you-avoid-using-out-of-office
 authors:
   - title: Adam Cogan
@@ -44,6 +46,8 @@ The use of 'Out of Office - Automated Response' emails should be avoided unless
 ![Figure: Good example – Step 2 – Enter your reason and an end date. This message will be seen by your colleagues when they email or message you in Teams](step2-good.png)
 :::
 
+Tip: If you only want out of office replies to go to external contacts, but you don't want to spam internal contacts, you can leave the "Inside my organisation" template blank. 
+
 ### Use Teams to let people know you are not around
 
 If you are on leave or unavailable for a period and want your team to know, you should set your status to Out of Office. A recurring problem when doing this in Outlook is that if a user selects their meeting to show them ‘Out of office’, whoever accepts the appointment will also have their status changed to ‘Out of office’.