Sending Emails
5.4.10. Sending a vacation notice automatically
A vacation notice informs the sender of an email that you will not retrieve your emails for a specific period of time. You can set the following:
the subject and text of the vacation notice
the time frame when the vacation notice is active
the email addresses for which the vacation notice is active
How to create and activate a vacation notice:
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Click on in the toolbar. Click on at the bottom.
You can also use the button in the email settings.
The Vacation notice window opens.
Enable the button .
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To define the time range for sending the vacation notice, enable . Set the start and end date.
Note: Depending on the configuration, this setting might not be available.
Enter a subject and a text for the vacation notice.
In order to display all options, click on .
You can specify an interval for sending a vacation notice if there are several emails from the same sender.
You can specify the sender address to be used for sending the vacation notice.
The vacation notice will be sent if messages are reaching your primary email address. You can also activate a vacation notice if messages are reaching your other email addresses.
If a vacation notice is active, the following is displayed:
On the email settings page, the button is marked with an additional icon.
In the Email app, a notification is displayed above the email list. If clicking on the notification, the Vacation notice window opens.
Tip: The vacation notice will be entered as email filter. You can also edit the vacation notice in the email filter settings.
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