A vacation message (or out-of-office reply) alerts senders that you may be unavailable by automatically responding to incoming email with a predetermined response.
Vacation messages can can be set via two different methods
By the user of a Webnames-provided email address, via Webmail
By the overall Webnames Account owner, for any email address which they manage, via Email Administration
TO SET A VACATION MESSAGE VIA WEBMAIL
To activate a Vacation message:
Navigate to https://securemail.webnames.ca
Log in using your Full Email Address and password
Go to Preferences / Mail / Vacation message,
Set Vacation message enabled to ON
Enter start and end dates for your Vacation message to be active (optional)
Enter the text to be sent as an automatic reply in the Text box.
To notify another address when the Vacation message is triggered, toggle the setting On and enter one or more email addresses to be notified.
Click Apply in the top right corner.
NOTE: While your Vacation message is active, your vacation message will only be sent once to each person emailing you, regardless of how many subsequent times they email you while your Vacation message is active.
This is a standard mail function and designed to prevent infinite mail loops, such as two vacation message responders endlessly responding to one another while their corresponding owners are away.
To clear the list of those that have already received a copy of your Vacation message, (so that their next subsequent email to you will result in your Vacation message being sent to them again), click the Clear button beside 'Clear Replied Addresses List' in Preferences / Mail / Vacation message.
TO SET A VACATION MESSAGE VIA EMAIL ADMINISTRATION
Vacation Messages can also be set by the Webnames Account owner for any email account within their Webnames Account.
Click the Email tab, and click the Manage button under Manage Accounts and Settings.
Click Mail Accounts in the left margin.
Beside the Account name you wish to manage, click Settings.
Under Vacation Message, compose the desired vacation message in the field provided.
Check Activate vacation message.
Click Apply when done.