Setting a Vacation Message

A vacation message is used when you are not going to be checking your mail for a period of time. You can use it to tell people how long you will be away for and give them an alternative means of contacting you if their message is urgent. Your vacation message will be automatically sent to anyone who emails you while you have it set.

Setting a vacation message is done by creating a custom filter to apply to all incoming mail.

Start by clicking "Options" » "Message Filters" » "Add a New Rule".

The new rule should apply to "All Messages".

Select "Vacation" and enter the text of your vacation message. If you would like the vacation rule to apply for more than one address, enter the addresses separated by commas (not spaces).

Click "Finished" to finish setting your vacation message and then "Save Changes" to apply the new rule and return to your mail. If you do not click "Save Changes" then your vacation rule will be applied.

If you are using a spam filtering rule and don't want your vacation message to be sent to spam messages, make sure your spam rule is the first one listed and that you select "If this rule matches, do not check any rules after it".

Removing a vacation message

To remove your vacation message, click "Options" » "Message Filters" and select the rule which represents your vacation message. Click the "Delete Selected" button followed by the "Save Changes" button.