Gmail: Set up out of office notification

With an out of office message in Gmail, the senders of incoming mails are automatically informed about your absence. You can set up this automatic message with just a few taps. We’ll give you a quick guide.

How to set up an out-of-office message in Gmail

• Log in to Gmail and open the quick settings via the gear icon at the top right. Click on “Access all settings”.

• Select the “General” tab and scroll all the way down: The last item deals with the absence note.

• Activate the out-of-office message here and enter the period of your absence during which the message is to be sent.
•  Afterwards, you only need to insert a subject and write a short message. Here you should indicate a contact person for urgent cases, if necessary, as well as their contact details.Then click on “Save changes”.
• You can also set up an out-of-office message with other mail providers. Read here how it works in Thunderbird, GMX, T-Online and Outlook.