Out-of-Office Reply That Routes Work

Write an out-of-office reply that tells people where the work goes. Dates first. AWAY From and back (I read mail again on): [DATES] I will read mail: [NO | EMERGENCIES ONLY] Coverage: [NAME, WHAT THEY OWN, HOW TO REACH THEM] What they cannot approve: [LIST] If there is no coverage: say that, and the date I will answer. External versus internal: [DIFFERENT NOTES | SAME] WRITE BOTH VERSIONS IF NEEDED Internal: names, slack handles, what to do with a decision that cannot wait. External: no internal politics, no project codenames that are confidential, a date I will reply, and a person only if that person agreed to be named. Keep each under 80 words. Do not joke about the beach if I am out for [REASON] that is not a vacation. If the reason is medical or bereavement and I said "do not share," the note says I am out and when I return. Nothing else.