IBM lawyers wrangled with the US Patent and Trademark Office for years over their bizarre and alarming alternative history, in which IBM invented out-of-office e-mail—in 2010.

“I will be out of the office till April 19, without access to e-mail. You can reach my assistant for any urgent matters, as she knows how to reach me.” “If your e-mail requires immediate ...

The first one was actually an out-of-office email for Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998, when the Google co-founders took time off to attend the Burning Man Festival.

Click File and then choose Info in the left pane. Then click Automatic Replies (Out of Office). If you’re using online Mail, click the gear (far right on title bar) and then click Automatic replies.

IBM patents 'out of office' email messages The US patent office seems to have forgotten that it is 2017. Written by Charlie Osborne, Contributing Writer March 2, 2017 at 1:58 a.m. PT.

It's out-of-office email response season. Here's the 101 for OOO etiquette.

Apple's native Mail application in macOS lacks a specific option for enabling out-of-office replies, but there is another way you can set them up on a Mac, and that's with Rules.

Most out of office messages are a generic courtesy email leading to a dead end. Successful people see out of office emails as an opportunity to not just be courteous, but to add value and continue ...