

This means that you’ll be free to enjoy your time away from the office, safe in the knowledge that friends, family members, colleagues and other contacts will know you’re not ignoring them.Īpple’s Mail app may not have a dedicated Out Of Office feature, but it does have various rules that you can use to create autoresponders.

If you know you won’t be replying to your messages for a while, then you can create an Out Of Office email that Mail will send automatically in response to incoming messages. For example, maybe you have a full day of back-to-back meetings to look forward to, or you’re heading out on vacation and don’t particularly want to feel obligated to keep checking your work emails. However, occasionally there may still be times when you know you won’t be checking your emails for a while.

With the rise of smartphones, tablets and public Wi-Fi hotspots, it’s never been easier to keep one eye on your inbox.
