Chapter 7. Setting a Vacation Mail Notice

The Messaging Server allows you to set a vacation notice. A vacation notice is an automatic reply for all email you receive during a vacation or extended absence, with a subject heading and message content that you can specify.

Note

The Messaging Server might not be configured to allow you to set your own vacation notice. If this is the case, you will not see a Vacation Notice field in the Preferences menu of the Preferences Manager and you must ask your mail administrator to set vacation notices for you.

To compose or edit a vacation message:

In the Preferences Manager, select Preferences, then Vacation Notice. Enter a Notice Subject (example: "Vacation Message from Sue Smith") and a Notice Message; the message might include the days you plan to be gone and the person to contact in your absence. Click on Apply to save your message.

If you do not enter a subject or content, the following defaults are set:

Subject

Absence notification

Message

This is an automated reply: This person is temporarily out of the office

To enable vacation notices:

In the Preferences Manager, select Preferences, then Vacation Notice. After you have entered a Notice Subject and Notice Message, select Vacation Notification: On and click on Apply.

To disable vacation notices:

In the Preferences Manager, select Preferences, then Vacation Notice. Select Vacation Notification: Off and click on Apply. You might want to leave the Notice Subject and Notice Message as they are and edit them for your next vacation.

Note

Whenever you make a change to your vacation notification, it can take up to an hour for the change to propagate.