Note: This applies to iOS 11 and above. Go to Settings then About and check your version number to ensure you are using iOS 11. On previous versions of iOS, you can go into Settings then Mail, Contacts, Calendars to access the same settings.


Should you be out of the office and not have access to a computer, you can set your out of office replies from your iPhone. The instructions below will show you how.


Go into Settings and Accounts & Passwords



Select your work email from the list of accounts



At the bottom of the settings page for your work account will be an option called Automatic Reply. Select it to switch it on



Turn Automatic Reply on and specify an End Date if you'd like the automatic replies to turn off automatically. You can then specify a message for internal senders in the Away Message box and also external senders by switching External Away Message on and typing in the External Away Message box.