Thank you for your message! I'm out of the office from X DATE to Y DATE and will not be checking email. I'll follow up with you as soon as possible upon my return. If you have an urgent request, please contact XX person at YY email address.
If you are reading this, it is because John Whatsisname cannot help you – he has left the company and no longer uses this email address.
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Here’s one example out in the world, which jumpstarted me thinking about this topic:
Because I used to get phone calls that defaulted to, “I need the director”, I had my out of office mail set to:
Hi Thanks for your email. I’ll be away from the office until [MM/DD] and will respond as soon as I can. For all support requests/needs, please reach out to [email] and one of my colleagues will be happy to assist you.
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"I'll be out of the office from Monday, 12/14, and will be back on Monday, 12/21."
Yes, with all the holiday planning of feasts and gifts and decorations, there is also the important task of drafting your holiday auto-responder text. You need to let your colleagues and clients know that you’ll be away from your desk celebrating the spirit of the season (and not reading their emails!).
Have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year [or any variation on these salutations].
I had this at my old job, but only for internal calls. It was a completely different person on an old job site. IT couldn’t figure out how to fix it. Only one person complained at least, no matter how many times I told her I couldn’t fix it.
Thank you for you message. Our offices are closed until [insert date] and I am out of the office. Our entire staff is reflecting on a wonderful year, resetting, and recharging for 2018. We will respond promptly after the holidays, but in the meantime we will be busy doing the following:
So many people emailed Ryan that Aviation Gin's servers crashed. Here's his July 2018 out of office message:
I am in London May 29th - June 4th, so email replies may be tardy due to the curvature of the earth and the sun… and you know… science and stuff.
Try this out with your colleagues or share it with colleagues/clients headed off on a vacation to send them off in style:
The root of that question, as pointed out in this New York Times article, is that taking vacation can be a bit emotionally conflicting.
1.) Bienvenido/a a John Doe. Nuestras líneas de teléfono no están disponibles durante períodos de vacaciones. Puede encontrar nuestro horario de oficina en nuestra página web www.joendoe.de. Gracias por su confianza. Le deseamos a usted y a su familia unas felices fiestas y un próspero año nuevo.