The dialogue “You may remember me from..” by Troy McClure is uncannily iconic for all Simpsons fans. It has also evolved into an autoresponder saga. By the time the reader realizes that they are going to wait a while, they would have already had the fun of reading this hilarious convo. Have a look at this funny out of office reply and see if your associates would love to hear it:
It doesn’t work when a group text is sent, is their a workaround for that situation?
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13) I’m not in the office right now but if it’s important, tweet me using #YOUAREINTERRUPTINGMYVACATION.
My outgoing voicemail message says “Please don’t leave me a voicemail, send me an email instead”
If you need my assistance before then, you can reach me at my mobile – (Mobile Number).
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Once you’ve finally crossed off those last-minute items on your to-do list and are ready to check out of work mode for while, there’s just one last thing you need to do – set your out-of-office message.
Hey, I am currently out of office. If something urgent comes up, you can email [name and email]. Kind regards.
7.) Bienvenue dans le bureau de John Doe. Désolé, nous ne sommes actuellement pas en mesure de répondre à votre appel étant donné que vous appelez pendant les vacances annuelles. Sentez-vous libres de nous envoyer un email sur [email protected] – Nous vous contacterons dès que possible à notre retour. En cas d’urgences, contactez notre représentant de bureau. Ils peuvent être contactez sur notre site www.lawoffice-johndoe.de. Merci beaucoup pour votre appel – Au revoir.
I’ll be back at my desk on [date] and will respond to your message immediately. In case you need urgent assistance, please forward an email to [contact name] at [contact email] so that Santa’s little helpers at our shop may look into it.
Happy Holidays is used only around Christmas in the USA. Traditionally, it was meant to include both Christmas and New Year's Day. We don't usually say "Happy Holiday" at other times, although there's nothing wrong with saying it.
By providing this information for anyone who tries to contact you, it ensures important emails don’t go unnoticed or ignored.
Giving the option to contact an email address containing “interruptyourvacation” provides two things — 1) A dose of humor, and 2) discouragement from actually doing what the name suggests. Plus, he prefaces it with a request for empathy, by explaining that he promised quality time to his family.
This message is really long. I’d probably just hit delete and try to get in touch with someone else.
Then, click Save Changes at the bottom of the settings section and that's it done. You're out of office message is active.
3. Delayed response templates. If you are working, but can't reply to emails easily, make this clear in your out of office message. This will easily set a sender's response expectations.
The tone of your out-of-office auto-reply may vary depending on the intended recipient of your email.