Outlook Mac – Autofit from Layout Tab

To answer my own question, here's a rather convoluted solution I found on a forum, by Brian Tillman (MVP-Outlook):

How do I set up an exception rule in OOA to ignore certain messages?

Open the Assistant.
Click Add Rule.
Put the addresses you don't want receiving the OOA reply in the From feld.
Check "Do not process subsequent rules".
Click Advanced.
Check "Only items that do not match these conditions".
Click OK.
Specify whatever action you want. I usually choose "Alert with", click Action, uncheck "Notify with the text", check Play, and choose some sound, then click OK. Since the rule will fire when I'm not there and while Outlook is closed, the action will do nothing.
Click OK two more times to finalize all the dialogue boxes.

I've tried this out and it worked.

Right click the outlook icon in the task bar while holding the CRTL key then select connection status. Move the scroll bar all the way over to the right to see the version number, and compare the number with the below Versions

Microsoft Exchange Server 2000:         6.0.4417 or higher
Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 SP1:     6.0.4712 or higher
Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 SP2:     6.0.5762 or higher
Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 SP3:     6.0.6249 or higher
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003:         6.5.6944 or higher
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP1:     6.5.7226 or higher
Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 SP2:     6.5.7638 or higher
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007:         8.0.685.24 or higher

They don't specify a version for 2010 so I'll include it: The RTM version of Exchange 2010 is 14.00.0639.021 and the SP1 version of Exchange 2010 is 14.01.0218.015.

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