Out of Office Responder

It is important to redirect communication when you are out of office

(vacation, stats, temporary leave, etc)

In order to set it up, please follow the following steps:

1. Within Gmail, click on the settings button on the top right and select ‘See All Settings’

2. Under the ‘General’ tab, scroll to the bottom to the ‘Vacation Responder’ heading

3. Click Vacation responder on, fill in first day, last day, and subject fields

4. Copy and paste the following template and change the highlighted areas with information according to your time off.

5. At the bottom of the page click Save Changes (Note: the responder will automatically be off after the return date)

Hello,

Thank you for your email.

I am currently out of the office with (limited OR no access) to emails until (last day of vacation, stat, etc)_.

I will respond to your message (select one: at my earliest opportunity OR upon my return).

If your request is urgent, please contact (insert employee’s name at (insert email address for the employee) or (insert employee’s telephone number), and they will be happy to assist you.

Thank you,

*Include your email signature