You deserve a break. Whether it’s for the end-of-year holidays, to spend some time on a boat or you want a few days to yourself on a road trip or staycation, you've earned some time off. Before you go ...

To set up a Gmail out-of-office reply, go to your Settings and set a start date, end date, and message. You can choose if you only want people in your contact list to see your vacation response. Gmail ...

Microsoft Outlook handles "Out of Office" messages via the "Out of Office Assistant," which automatically responds to mail with a message stating that no one's in the office. The response can keep ...

Out of office email responders serve two purposes: They let people know you’re not at work, and they offer some helpful instructions should the sender require immediate assistance. As many office ...

Email doesn't stop coming in just because you've stepped away from your desk. Instead of hoping I'll keep up with the constant flow, I've come to rely on a well-crafted out-of-office message. It helps ...

Automatic out-of-office (OOO) email replies are generally straightforward. But in addition to conveying basic information, they can help set boundaries and give a glimpse of an employee's personality ...

There’s something incredibly satisfying about smugly sitting down, clicking through to your Outlook settings, and switching on your out-of-office autoresponder. First, you get to decide on dates.

Few people are as knee-deep in our work-related anxieties and sticky office politics as Alison Green, who has been fielding workplace questions for a decade now on her website Ask a Manager. In Direct ...

Planning some time off from work? Obviously, you have to let your co-workers, clients and others know the basics—how long you’ll be gone and who to contact in your absence. That’s just good email ...

The out-of-office message is one of the most formulaic functions of the modern workplace, so much so that most of them seem to have been derived from a game of Mad-Libs: “I will be away from the ...