Creating a "Vacation" Auto-Reply Message

If you are going to be away and not able to check your email for an extended amount of time, you can set up an automatic reply to all of your incoming email, letting people know that you are temporarily unavailable.

1. Click on the Settings tab in Webmail.
2. Click on the Auto-reply link.
   • The following screen will appear. None of the textboxes or checkboxes will be filled in.

   

3. Select the Enable Auto-Reply checkbox to have an automatic message reply to senders.
   • Select the Reply only if original message is sent to me checkbox if you desire to only have an auto-reply message sent to senders who have your address in the To: line of the message. This option only applies to original messages sent to you, not forwards.
   • Select the Reply only once to each sender check box to notify senders only once that you are away.
   • Select the Include original message in auto-reply check box if you desire to include the original message that is being replied to.
4. Type any specific email addresses of people and/or mailing lists that you do not want your auto-reply message sent to in the Do not reply to fields.
5. Type in the desired email address that you want displayed in your auto-reply message in the Reply sent from: field.
   • If you want the "From:" address to be different from the murraystate.edu address, enter the information here.
6. Type in desired auto-reply message in the Message: box provided (Example: I am out the office and won't be checking my messages until I return on October 5th.)
7. Click on the Save button near the top of the page to save your auto-reply information.