Hi Stuart, You do understand, If you use rules in Mail itself you need to have Mail running 24/7 for it to work. Best way is to set it serverside (most will allow you to do this via webmail, rules set there are server side). For most email providers, you can easily do this from the web. Login to your email online, and there's generally a place to set a 'vacation' [Out Of Office]email. If you were using iCloud, you can setup a vacation [Out Of Office] message in this screen from Mail settings at icloud.com.
Don’t forget to enable this rule when you leave the Office…and disable it when you get back. Note: If you subscribe to any automatic mailing lists or group discussion lists,(like WAMUG) it is a good idea to unsubscribe from these lists while you are away, as every message that comes into your inbox gets one of these replies. MOST IMPORTANTLY!!! After you have created your rule, Mail will ask you if you want to apply the rule to existing messages. DO NOT ALLOW THIS, otherwise you’ll send a response to every person who has a message still sitting in your inbox! Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 04/12/2012, at 7:56 PM, Stuart Breden <[email protected]> wrote: > Rules again. Now I know. Thanks. > > We would like to wish you, your staff and your families a very happy > Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year 2013 > > Stuart Breden > PO Box 132 > Kalamunda WA 6926 > Ph: (08) 9257 1577 > Mbl: 0417 053 266 > > Please consider the environment before printing this email > > > On 03/12/2012, at 8:36 PM, Ronni Brown wrote: > >> From Mail's Help, here's the answer: >> >> Send automatic replies: >> >> You can create a rule to have Mail automatically reply to incoming messages. >> For example, you can set up a rule that’s triggered by a specific subject so >> that Mail replies automatically to all messages with that subject. >> >> Choose Mail > Preferences, and then click Rules. >> Click Add Rule and type a descriptive name for the rule. >> Set the conditions necessary for the rule to apply to a message. >> From the “Perform the following actions” pop-up menu, choose “Reply to >> Message.” >> Click “Reply message text” and enter the text for your reply message. >> Mail will include the text you enter, along with the full text of the >> original message, in the reply that it sends. >> >> Mail must be running to automatically reply to messages, because rules >> aren’t processed when your Mac is shut down or you’re logged out. To set up >> automatic replies while you’re on vacation, ask your account provider how to >> set up an out-of-office reply. >> >> Carefully consider the rules you create for sending automated replies. If >> they’re too broad, you can send messages inadvertently or create message >> loops (replies to replies you sent). If possible, test the rules. >> >> After a rule has processed a message, the message’s status icon changes to a >> gray arrow to indicate that a reply was sent. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> On 03/12/2012, at 8:18 PM, Stuart Breden <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This is some thing that I have not seen discussed. >>> >>> How do I set up an Out of office or On annual leave message so that senders >>> automatically get such a message? >>> >>> We would like to wish you, your staff and your families a very happy >>> Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year 2013 >>> >>> Stuart Breden >>> PO Box 132 >>> Kalamunda WA 6926 >>> Ph: (08) 9257 1577 >>> Mbl: 0417 053 266 >>> >>> Please consider the environment before printing this email -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.wamug.org.au/pipermail/wamug.org.au-wamug/attachments/20121204/faced2af/attachment.htm -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
