Recipe Create Vacation Responder

Enable a Gmail out-of-office auto-reply with a custom message and date range.

Set Up a Gmail Vacation Responder

PREREQUISITE: Load the following skills to execute this recipe: gws-gmail

Enable a Gmail out-of-office auto-reply with a custom message and date range.

Steps

1. Enable vacation responder: gws gmail users settings updateVacation --params '{"userId": "me"}' --json '{"enableAutoReply": true, "responseSubject": "Out of Office", "responseBodyPlainText": "I am out of the office until Jan 20. For urgent matters, contact [e-mail].", "restrictToContacts": false, "restrictToDomain": false}'
2. Verify settings: gws gmail users settings getVacation --params '{"userId": "me"}'
3. Disable when back: gws gmail users settings updateVacation --params '{"userId": "me"}' --json '{"enableAutoReply": false}'