How to Turn on Vacation Responders in Gmail

Vacation responders automatically respond to any email that is received to a email address with a specified pre-set message. They are useful for when a person is unavailable to respond in a timely manner to an email and allows the recipient to be informed of how they can get in contact with another individual or when they can expect a response.

1. Open Gmail and click on the gear icon in the upper right corner.
   
2. In the Quick Settings menu, click on the “See all settings” button.
   
3. Scroll down to the bottom of the General Settings page.
   
4. Click on “Vacation responder on” in the Vacation responder section.
   
5. Enter the days, subject and message for the vacation responder and once done, click “Save Changes”