To set up your own vacation responder…
1) Go to mail.herzogcompany.com, or mail.google.com, and sign in with your HCO email address.
2) On the main screen, click on the gear in the top-right, and select "Settings" from the pop-up menu.
3) Stay in the "General" tab within Settings, and scroll down to the bottom, to the "Vacation responder" section.
4) Click the "Vacation responder on" radial button to ensure it is active.
5) Set you first day and last day, so you don't need to remember to turn it on or off.
6) You can add a custom subject if you want — or, just leave it blank so it shows up as a reply to whatever email was sent to trigger the auto-response.
7) Write your vacation responder message — we generally recommend include information on when you will be back, and who to contact while you are gone (including contact info).
8) You can choose who gets a response; we generally recommend unchecking both options here, unless you only want HCO people to get it.
9) Click "Save Changes", and your vacation responder is all set to go — and you will see a yellow banner on the Gmail page when the responder is active, which also provides a shortcut to turn it off, if needed.