Information & Library Services Vacation Message Setup June 28, 2006

Logging Into Webmail Open a browser. In the address line type: Log in with your Bates username and password.

Getting to the Vacation Message Setup After logging in, click Options on the left hand side. After clicking Options, click Filters which appears as the third title under Options.

At this point, there will be a series of icons at the top of the screen. Click on the Vacation icon. Getting to the Vacation Message Setup

Setting up the Vacation Message After clicking on the Vacation icon, it will bring up a Vacation setup window. Under My Addresses type your Bates address to

In the next box, you can choose to enter addresses that should not receive an auto response. Make sure the checkbox Do not send responses to bulk or list messages is checked. Setting up the Vacation Message

At this point we can set the number of days between vacation replies. Type in the Subject for the vacation response followed by the full Reason or body of the message. Setting up the Vacation Message

After the text portion of the message is set up, the next step is to click Save. Click Return to Rules List to enable the message. Setting up the Vacation Message

An X means that the rule is disabled and a means that the rule is active or enabled. To activate the Vacation message, click the X for Vacation which will change to a. Setting up the Vacation Message

Vacation Message Conclusion At this point, the vacation message is active and will automatically send a response to any that isn’t blocked. This can be easily tested if you have someone send you an . Do not test the vacation message by sending a message to yourself because it will cause an infinite loop of messages.

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