Automatic e-mail responders

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Anyone else use an auto-responder at e-mails when they’re out of town?

Or are you so tied to e-mail that you check it regardless?

Personally I don’t ever check work related e-mail from home unless it’s an absolute emergency, but since I’m going to be out of town, I thought I’d set up an auto-responder with a twist for my work account.

Here’s what I came up with (with a little help from the interwebs)…

Subject: Your message has been added to the que

You are receiving this automatic notification because I am out of the office. If I was in, chances are you wouldn’t have received anything at all.

Instead, your message has been added to a queuing system.

You are currently in 352nd place, and can expect to receive a reply in approximately 19 weeks.


But seriously, I’ll be returning [insert date].

In case of an actual emergency related to the DCCCD catalog, or if you’d just like a friendly person to listen to talk to, please contact [my boss].

What about you? Do you use auto-responders? What do you typically use?

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Jonathan Blundell

I'm a husband, father of three, blogger, podcaster, author and media geek who is hoping to live a simple life and follow The Way.

4 thoughts on “Automatic e-mail responders”

  1. awesome ‘out of office’ and I think i might even use it in the future…

    normally (and I do use one) it says
    I am out of the office until [when-ever] all messages will be deleted unread. If your message is important please resend it when I am back in the office.

    1. I like your idea.
      Downside is – for some reason I have to save pretty much EVERY email that I get for archive/legal reasons. Otherwise there’d be a lot more deleting going on.

  2. awesome ‘out of office’ and I think i might even use it in the future…

    normally (and I do use one) it says
    I am out of the office until [when-ever] all messages will be deleted unread. If your message is important please resend it when I am back in the office.

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