The Vacation application allows you to manage mail "vacation notices" or "auto-responders." Once you set a vacation notice, the system will automatically reply to any incoming mail you receive. This can be useful while you are away or unable to attend to your mail -- for example while on vacation or out of town on business. It could be used as a courtesy to let others know why you are not answering their mail to you.

To use webmail to create a vacation message, open your browser (Internet Explorerer, Netscape...) then go to https://webmail.ncifcrf.gov and enter your username and your e-mail password. Then click on the vacation icon on the right hand side. You can edit the text but be sure to put a blank line between the subject and the body of the message or it will appear blank. Then, enter the password at the bottom and click submit. It will look like the original vacation page but it tell you at the top the vacation message was enabled.

Disabling a vacation notice

To disable the vacation message, open your browser (Internet Explorerer, Netscape...) then go to https://webmail.ncifcrf.gov and enter your username and your e-mail password. Then click on the vacation icon on the right hand side. Check disable then enter your password and click submit and it will look like the original vacation page but it tell you at the top the vacation message was disabled.

If you encounter any problems creating or disabling the vacation message, please contact the help desk at 301-846-5555.