HIT: (but not for me) putting your email on hold automatically

[Jody Newman <jcnewma@ibm.net>]

Hi all - again

Here is my original request:

> Hi all:
>
> Hope someone can answer this question. My daughter is wondering how
some
> folks manage to put a standard message on their emails when they are
out
> of town. She has gotten a number of emails from business
correspondents
> that say, 'Ms. so-an-so is away from the office until 'date' and can
be
> reached after that time" or some such message. Similar to a voice mail

> message. It appears to be an automatic thing.
>
> She's curious if this is a function of the email or if it is a
> company-dependent thing. If it is a part of the email capacity, she'd
> love to know if it can be done with ***Netscape Communicator***....and
how?!


I got the following HITS but none for Netscape Communicator....surely
someone out there uses Netscape Communicator and knows how this might be
done?!?! If so, do reply and I will post a HIT again.

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I have a free "email for life" account with bigfoot.  I believe that
this
service allows you to do just that.  Go to www.bigfoot.com
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If  you go under tools in the menu, there should be a choice for "mail
rules".  That will allow you to set many different rules and reply to
every
message sent or only certain ones. I have only tried this on Microsoft
products.  I am not sure this is standard on all email programs.
Hope this helps.
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A lot of programs have this feature.  In Microsoft Outlook, it's called
the
Out-of-Office assistant, and it lets you automatically send a message
like
this to others when you are gone.  A note of caution; be careful about
using
this if you are subscribed to one of more listservs/discussion lists,
otherwise this message will be sent to the list everytime a message is
forwarded to you!  Best to temporarily sign off the listservs when
you're
gone; then, the "out of the office" message will only go to those that
send
you personal messages.
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 I use Claris Emailer and it is a function of that program.
 I like it because I can set up different replies, for different
accounts
or types of email..
Example: If I get an email from a friend (who is already in my address
book), my reply may be: Suzanne is on vacation... (wish you were here!)
...etc
No reply is set up for listserv mail, and all other mail gets a .. "I am

away from email until ,date>"
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Our e-mail server at work allows the administrator to set up automatic
messaging options for users.  I haven't set it up -- too many other
things
to do -- but would like to before everyone leaves for summer.
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Hope these help some of you....I will hope that someone with NETSCAPE
COMMUNICATOR can offer me specific help.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Jody Newman
Library Aide
Center School
Stow MA
newjody@massed.net (school)
jcnewma@ibm.net (home)
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