How to set a vacation away message.

Introduction

There may come a time when you decide to take a well deserved vacation. In order to let your clients know that you have in fact received their message but will not be able to respond for a while you will need to set an away message.

Here's how...

Getting Started

First point your browser to this page:

http://webmail.agentmaster.com/cgi-bin/qmailadmin/

You should now see the "Mail Administration" login form. Enter your User Account, Domain Name, and Password in the corresponding boxes in the form.

• Your User Account is the first part of your email address in front of the "@" sign.
  
  For example: If your email address is mike@mikescoolwebsite.com then your User Account would be mike
  
  
• Your Domain Name is the last part of your email address after the "@" sign.
  
  For example: If your email address is mike@mikescoolwebsite.com then your Domain Name would be mikescoolwebsite.com
  
  
• Your Password is whatever password you use for your email account. Remember that passwords are cAsE SenSiTIve.

Control Panel

Once you are logged in you will see the "Modify User" control panel. In this control panel you will see a number of options that will effect your email account. For this tutorial we are only concerned with the "vacation" option.

1. Click the radio button next to the "vacation" option.
   
   
2. Enter a "vacation subject". This will appear in the subject line of all emails sent automatically sent out by the system.
   
   
3. Next enter your "vacation message".
   
   
4. Finally click the "modify user" button at the bottom of the form to save your changes.
   
   
5. That's it! From this point on any email sent tou your account will get an auto reply message of your away status. All email will be saved for you to read when you get back from vacation.
   
   
6. Important: When you get back from vacation you will need to turn off the "vacation message".
   
   
   • Login to the control panel as described above and click the radio button next to "standard"
   • then click the "modify user" button at the bottom of the form to save your changes.
   • Now your "vacation message" is off.

Thank you and please email support@agentmaster.com for more in depth answer to questions.

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