Microsoft 365 subscribers can set up automatic replies for when they are out-of-office or unavailable to respond to email.
Here are some samples and templates of automatic reply messages across various scenarios.
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I think simple is best, and also safest. I found the message in the post amusing as an AAM article, but if I had contacted this person on a serious and/or urgent work matter I would probably be annoyed by the comedy skit. And I was contacting them because they had messed up somehow, it would land very badly.
I should note that our voicemail system has a pretty straightforward feature to put an end date on an out-of-office voicemail message. I am baffled why this person does not use the feature.
You can clarify that there’s a possibility that you’ll see the email before the return date, but you can’t guarantee it.
Set your out of office messages and determine who monitors division and department messages.
Thanks for your email. I’m currently attending [insert event, conference etc here], and will return on [date of return].
6. Out of Office Template #6 For the Person Who Likes to Live on the Edge (of HR Protocol) Hello, I’m currently offline for the holidays—which means I’m busy either
Between now and then, I recommend escaping the summer heat with a delicious Aviation & Tonic. Here’s my recipe:
Hahahahaha, reminds me of the time the entire giant department (hundreds of people) had to sit through a SLIDE SHOW of a higher up’s trip to Europe, in person. They sent a survey afterwards–thankfully anonymous–and I said it was extremely inappropriate to make us sit through his holiday snaps when most of us can’t go on vacation at all and it was supposed to be a WORK meeting.
Please note that you have already sent me one email. I’ll be 1 percent connected while on vacation so I’m not 100 percent panicked on return.
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They weren’t saying that’s the entirety of their message, just that that’s the phrase they’re using instead of ‘out of office’
It’s funny, because when I turn off driving mode on my work iphone and look at the test messages coming in from my personal Samsung, it shows that the iPhone is sending the auto-replies, but I am not getting them on the Samsung??
I hope you enjoyed our list of best office closed for holiday message templates that will get you through the season.
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