Automatically Delete Incoming Emails for the Ultimate Out-of-Office Reply The next time youre on vacation, youll probably set up an out of office reply. When you get back to work, youll face a mountain of emails to deal with. One company is allowing employees to delete messages when they go on vacation—which isnt a bad idea. The New York Times reports on car manufacturer Dailmers Mail On Holiday option: The program, called Mail on Holiday, politely informs senders that their messages were instantly deleted, but they can contact a designated alternate worker if necessary. The email blackout is optional for the companys 100,000 workers, but the response is basically 99 percent positive, a Daimler spokesman, Oliver Wihofszki, told BBC Radio. Everybody says, Thats a real nice thing. Weve covered how to write an effective out-of-office reply and to make sure you get coworkers permission before naming them in the reply. If that isnt working and people are still emailing you while you are on vacation, you could create your own Mail on Holiday. You could set up a filter to send all those messages to the trash after your out-of-office message—just make sure you warn the sender in your auto-reply. A safer alternative might be to tell the reader you wont make reading their email a priority. and filter the emails to a special folder. Giving Email a Holiday | The New York Times Photo by Mike Towber. ift.tt/1y3H2Mk
Posted on: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 23:23:27 +0000