Common Reasons Why You Should Set an Out of Office Message
- Managing Expectations: Communicates availability by letting senders know when to expect a response.
- Maintaining Professionalism: Maintains professional courtesy by confirming receipt of their message.
- To Provide Alternate Contacts: It directs urgent issues to the right person while you’re away, preventing delays.
If you need to set up an Out of Office message, please follow the steps below.
1: Open Settings by clicking the gear icon, then select See all settings.
2: In the General tab, scroll down to Vacation Responder.
3: Turn on Vacation responder, enter your date range, subject, message, and choose who should receive your automatic reply. When you're finished, click Save Changes.
When your vacation reply is active, a banner at the top of your inbox will display its subject.
To turn it off, simply click End now.
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