Comments for How do I set up an Out Of Office (OOF) message?

Comment from Margaret Matta on 2010-06-01

2010-06-01T10:46:19Z

Don't have the option on my Hotamil 'Manage your Account' optin to set up automated vacation response. I have a Yahoo email that I set up the response on and asked for them to use the response with my hotmail account. It has not worked - can you help?

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Comment from Loekie Maddra on 2010-04-23

2010-04-23T13:34:25Z

Is there a way to set up an auto response in Hotmail??
I've done it before, but am not able to find it now; did they stop this service?
Loekie

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Comment from Emily Ballinger on 2009-07-14

2009-07-14T20:53:03Z

I am snot seing a method for setting up an an auto response for yahoo mail. What am I missing? Thanks, Emily

I don't believe Yahoo Mail supports it.

- Leo
15-Jul-2009

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Comment from Dawn on 2009-03-13

2009-03-13T20:58:26Z

I cannot seem to figure it out for Outlook 2007. I feel much better using an auto responder if I am out of the office during the day.

Dawn
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Comment from Bill on 2009-03-10

2009-03-10T15:46:08Z

One nice thing that our company did was to set up the system so that using Office's autoresponder sent one message per day per sender and ONLY sent the message to internal users.

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Comment from novice on 2009-03-10

2009-03-10T15:39:58Z

have you guys checked out Gmail's vacation responder?

1. it provides an option to send auto response to only the contacts

2. if a contact sends more than one email the auto reply is sent once every 4 days at the max

3. "Messages classified as spam and messages addressed to a mailing list you subscribe to will not receive a vacation response."

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Comment from Cory Becker on 2009-03-09

2009-03-09T19:47:04Z

Thanks for mentioning our application in your post. Email Responder Pro can be configured to only send one OOF message over a period of X days (you specify the interval) to a recipient regardless of the number of messages they send to you.

Cory Becker
Email Responder Pro
http://www.emailresponderpro.com

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Comment from Mary on 2009-03-07

2009-03-08T00:26:39Z

Not to mention the possibility (probablility?) of alerting spammers they have a live email address which will generate even more spam.

Indeed. Just another reason that Out of Office Replies are Evil.

- Leo
08-Mar-2009

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Comment from Ken B on 2009-03-06

2009-03-06T18:24:13Z

And for those who don't fully understand your two rules, consider what happens when someone violates both:

* A message to a mailing list arrives.
* Your OOF message is sent back to the list.
* You receive a copy of your OOF message via the list and send another OOF reply.
* You receive a copy of your second OOF message via the list, and generate a third.
* Repeat ad nauseum.
* Get banned from the list, and await the hate mail from every list member who received your hundreds of OOF messages before the list manager kicked you off.

And, for those who say "I don't get copies of my own postings", consider a large list with two (or more) subscribers who have violated Leo's rules, and send OOF replies to each other (via the list, of course).

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