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How to set up auto reply in Gmail

This guide walks you through how to set up an automatic out-of-office reply in WalkMe Mail by navigating to the General tab within your account Settings. You will learn how to enable the vacation responder, select the start and end dates, and compose your custom subject line and message body. Finally, you will configure recipient restrictions to limit who receives the auto-reply and save your changes to activate the responder.

Operations
11 steps 4 min Community template
1

Navigate to the Gmail Inbox

Open your Gmail Inbox to start the process of configuring a vacation responder for your WalkMe Mail account.

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Navigate to the Gmail Inbox
2

Click the Settings icon

Click the Settings gear icon in the top right toolbar to open the Quick settings panel.

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Click the Settings icon
3

Click the See all settings button

Click the See all settings button at the top of the Quick settings panel to view more options.

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Click the See all settings button
4

Stay on the General tab

Stay on the General tab and scroll down to vacation responder option

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Stay on the General tab
5

Select the Vacation responder on radio button

Click the radio button next to "Vacation responder on" in the settings menu to enable automatic replies.

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Select the Vacation responder on radio button
6

Click the First day input field

Click the First day input field in the Vacation responder section to set the start date.

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Click the First day input field
7

Click the Last day checkbox

Click the checkbox next to "Last day:" in the Vacation responder section to enable setting an end date.

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Click the Last day checkbox
8

Click the Subject input field

Click the Subject input field in the Vacation responder section to enter the subject line for your automated reply.

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Click the Subject input field
9

Click the Message textbox

Click the Message textbox in the Vacation responder section to compose your automated reply.

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Click the Message textbox
10

Click the Contacts response checkbox

Click the "Only send a response to people in my Contacts" checkbox below the vacation responder message area.

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Click the Contacts response checkbox
11

Click the Save Changes button

Click the Save Changes button at the bottom of the settings page to apply your updates.

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Click the Save Changes button

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