Setting Out of Office in Email.

Edumail

Log on to Edumail via a web browser here.
Once you have logged in click on the Settings Cog, on the right-hand side and then click ‘View all Outlook settings
You will then find two options
1. Forwarding
2. Automatic Replies
If you want to redirect your emails to another staff member while out of the office you can Enable this setting
1. Click Enable Forwarding
2. Enter the person's Email Address
3. If you want you can opt to retain a copy of the forwarding emails, by Clicking ‘Keep a copy of forwarded messages
To set your Out of Office message
1. Turn on 'Turn on automatic replies
2. If you want your automatic replies to start and stop for a specific period without manual intervention
  1. Click ‘Send replies only during a time period’
  2. You will then have further options if you choose to use them
    1. Block my calendar for this period. *Disables Outlook Calendar'
    2. 'Automatically decline new invitations for events that occur during this period *Declines meeting invites
    3. 'Decline and cancel my meetings during this period *cancels and deletes all meetings during the period as well as declines any new ones.
3. Next, you can type your Out of Office Message in the two text boxes
  1. The first is for Out of Office messages you want for emails within the Department of Education and Further Traning
  2. The second is for messages outside of the Department of Education and Further Traning
Then click Save

Gmail

From Google Chrome Click on Gmail or go to https://mail.google.com/
Once you have logged in click on the Settings Cog, on the right hand side and then click ‘See All settings.’
Under General scroll down to ‘Out-of-Office AutoReply:’
1. Turn on Out of Office AutoReply on
2. fil in the date period
3. subject
4. Out-of-office message
5. You can then opt to keep the Out of Office for school emails only or everyone by clicking 'Only send a response to people in Narre Warren South P-12 College'
6. Click Save settings
If you also want to set email forwarding click on 'Forwarding and POP/IMAP
1. Click Forward a copy of incoming mail set it to another email address and choose if you want to keep the email in your gmail
Click 'Save Changes

NWSC IT
If you have any issues contact the NWSC IT department.