How to Setup Auto-reply Message for Your Vacation

Turn ON vacation feature
Turn OFF vacation feature


TO ENABLE VACATION FEATURE
Login life.bio.sunysb.edu using SSH and your userID.

Typein your password (the one that you are using to receive your emails).

Typein 'vacation' and Enter, you will be asked to review your auto-reply message.

Say 'Y' to review. Then you will asked to edit the message.

Say 'Y' to edit. Note you will use cursor keys to move cursor UP/DOWN and LEFT/RIGHT.

Use BACKSPACE to delete text.

When finished, press 'X' with holding 'Ctrl' key down, you will be asked if save modified buffer. Say 'Y' here to save.

Then you will asked the file name to save, simply press Enter here.

You will be asked to review the edited message, say 'Y' if you want to check, otherwise say 'N'.

Say 'N' when you are asked if you want to edit.

Say 'Y' to enable the vacation feature.

You are all set!

Remember to logout life.bio.sunysb.edu by typing in 'exit', and then close SSH.


TO DISABLE VACATION FEATURE
Login life.bio.sunysb.edu using SSH and your userID.

Typein 'vacation' and Enter.

You will be asked to review and edit your auto-reply message. Say 'N' to both.
When you are asked to disable the vacation feature, please say 'Y'.

You are all set!

Remember to logout life.bio.sunysb.edu by typing in 'exit', and then close SSH.


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