1) Open a session of Gmail.

2) When Gmail opens, navigate to / click on the cog icon in the upper right corner of the screen. When the side bar is expanded, click on "See all settings".



3) Make sure you are on the General tab. Scroll down the page till you see "Out of office Auto-reply".


  • Set a start date and end date.
  • Add a subject.
  • Enter the message you want people to receive while you are away.
  • You can set the out of office to be sent only to Contacts or people within Nesta. Leaving both unselected will mean everyone who emails while the out of office is active will receive the out of office message.



    4) When happy, click on "Save Changes".