Weekly Poll: Does Your Email Have an Out-of-Office Reply?

‘Tis the season … for instant replies from your business colleagues that turn out to not be the personal replies you were hoping for. The Christmas season is second only perhaps to the summer for the amount of out-of-office replies you’ll see showing up in your inbox.

Out-of-office replies can be nice in one way, since they let you know that the recipient likely won’t see the email for a while and you’d better contact someone else if the issue is urgent. On the other hand, it can sure get frustrating to send emails only to get a ton of out-of-office replies back.

Do you use out-of-office replies on your email accounts? Do you use them on all of your accounts, or just your business accounts? Do out-of-office replies frustrate you? We’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below!