How to repair the Outlook error "your automatic reply settings cannot be displayed because the server is currently unavailable".
Summary: Solution for the Microsoft Outlook server error message when setting out of office.
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Symptoms
Problem
The Outlook out of office feature generates an error when it is turned on. The error states
"your automatic reply settings cannot be displayed because the server is currently unavailable".
Cause
If the Exchange database name has a special character in it, the error in figure 1 may occur. It may be any of the following: ( !@#$%^&*(). This condition may cause the out of office (OOO) feature to fail to operate. The error reads as follows:
Solution
Rename the database so it doesn’t use the special character set.
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Article Number: 000137373
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 29 Sept 2021
Version: 3
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