Setting up out-of-office notifications

You can use the out-of-office notification service to send an automated reply to people who send you mail while you are away. The automated reply tells people that you are out and when you will return.

To enable out-of-office notification

Procedure

  1. If necessary, open your mail.
  2. Above the message list, click More > Out of Office.
  3. Specify your leaving and returning dates.
    Note: Depending on your organization's server configuration, there may be a Specify hours option. If available, select this option to specify your leaving and returning times, and then specify the times.
  4. Optional: To send a different notification to certain people, click the Alternate Notification tab.
  5. Optional: To send no notification to certain people or to emails with certain phrases in the subject, click the Exclusions tab.
  6. Click Enable and Close or, if you have already enabled out-of-office notification but changed some out-of-office settings, click Save and Close.

To disable out-of-office notification

About this task

Depending on your organization, you may need to disable out-of-office notifications manually after you return (even though Notes® stops sending out-of-office replies at the specified return time). If this is the case, you will receive email reminders to disable out-of-office notification.

Procedure

  1. If necessary, open your mail.
  2. Above the message list, click More > Out of Office.
  3. Click Disable and Close.