Vacation

The Vacation application allows you to manage mail "vacation notices" or "auto-responders."

Once you set a vacation notice, the system will automatically reply to any incoming mail you receive. This can be useful while you are away or unable to attend to your mail -- for example while on vacation or out of town on business. It could be used as a courtesy to let others know why you are not answering their mail to you.

Enabling a vacation notice

Check the Set/Install checkbox to indicate that you desire to create a vacation notice.

Note: If there is an existing vacation or forwards setup, it will be replaced by the new vacation setup you create here!

There is a large message composition window in the middle for you to compose your vacation message. This is the message that will be sent to others. A sample message is there, which you can edit to your needs.

The vacation message may include mail headers, and should include at least a Subject: header. It should NOT, however, contain a To: header as that will be generated automatically). If the string $SUBJECT appears in the message, it will be replaced with the original subject line of the original message when the reply is sent.

When ready to submit the vacation notice, enter your password into the password box, and press the Submit button. At the top of the new page, there will be a message letting you know if the new vacation notice was set or not.

Disabling a vacation notice

When the vacation notice is no longer needed, you can disable it by checking the Unset/Remove checkbox, enter your password in the password box, and submitting the form. At the top of the new page, there will be a message letting you know if the new vacation notice was set or not. Removing the setup stops any further vacation notices from being sent.