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Thanks, [Company] Support “Your auto-reply gets a Precedence: bulk or Auto-Submitted header, but plenty of inboxes will still bounce or loop.” If you’re running support@ on SMTP2GO, our support documentation covers how to set autoresponders that respect RFC 3834 (the standard for auto-submitted email). Worth a read before your team goes on holiday.
Five elements. That’s it. “A clear greeting that sets the tone. The dates you’re away, including the return date (an actual date, not “next week”). Whether you’ll check email at all. A backup contact, if you have one and they’ve said yes. A short sign-off.” Everything else is optional. Some scenarios need more (parental leave with multiple project owners, holiday closures for a whole company, a support inbox that needs to route by topic). Most don’t.
Everything else is optional. Some scenarios need more (parental leave with multiple project owners, holiday closures for a whole company, a support inbox that needs to route by topic). Most don’t. “An OOO is automated, which means it fires back to anyone who emails you. Including spam. Including phishing reconnaissance. Including the mailing lists you forgot you’re on.” Which OOO should I use?
Which OOO should I use? “A normal vacation #3 Vacation Return date and urgent contact” Pick one. Replace bracketed fields. Read it through once before you save (this is where typos happen, and your OOO goes to everyone, including your CEO).
Everything else is optional. Some scenarios need more (parental leave with multiple project owners, holiday closures for a whole company, a support inbox that needs to route by topic). Most don’t. “Things you don’t need to say: where you’re going, why you’re sick, whose wedding you’re at, what time your flight lands.” Which OOO should I use?
A clear greeting that sets the tone. The dates you’re away, including the return date (an actual date, not “next week”). Whether you’ll check email at all. A backup contact, if you have one and they’ve said yes. A short sign-off. “Everything else is optional.” Things you don’t need to say: where you’re going, why you’re sick, whose wedding you’re at, what time your flight lands. People sometimes feel the urge to explain. Resist it. An OOO is automated, which means it fires back to anyone who emails you. Including spam. Including phishing reconnaissance. Including the mailing lists you forgot you’re on. We’ll get to that in the privacy section.
Five elements. That’s it. “A clear greeting that sets the tone. The dates you’re away, including the return date (an actual date, not “next week”). Whether you’ll check email at all. A backup contact, if you have one and they’ve said yes. A short sign-off.” Everything else is optional. Some scenarios need more (parental leave with multiple project owners, holiday closures for a whole company, a support inbox that needs to route by topic). Most don’t.
Everything else is optional. Some scenarios need more (parental leave with multiple project owners, holiday closures for a whole company, a support inbox that needs to route by topic). Most don’t. “An OOO is automated, which means it fires back to anyone who emails you. Including spam. Including phishing reconnaissance. Including the mailing lists you forgot you’re on.” Which OOO should I use?
Everything else is optional. Some scenarios need more (parental leave with multiple project owners, holiday closures for a whole company, a support inbox that needs to route by topic). Most don’t. “Things you don’t need to say: where you’re going, why you’re sick, whose wedding you’re at, what time your flight lands.” Which OOO should I use?