Instead of choosing vanilla, why not get a little creative. Like what Josh Kopelman did. Here’s what his auto-reply says:
I am currently out of the office on vacation.
I know I’m supposed to say that I’ll have limited access to email and won’t be able to respond until I return – but that’s not true. My blackberry will be with me and I can respond if I need to. And I recognise that I’ll probably need to interrupt my vacation from time to time to deal with something urgent.
That said, I promised my wife that I am going to try to disconnect, get away and enjoy our vacation as much as possible. So, I’m going to experiment with something new. I’m going to leave the decision in your hands:
• If your email truly is urgent and you need a response while I’m on vacation, please resend it to interruptyourvacation@firstround.com and I’ll try to respond to it promptly.
• If you think someone else at First Round Capital might be able to help you, feel free to email my assistant, Fiona (fiona@firstround.com) and she’ll try to point you in the right direction.
Otherwise, I’ll respond when I return…
Warm regards,
Josh
Interruptyourvacation@gmail.com. Hilarious and genius. [Feld Thoughts]
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Sicarius123
Friday, September 2, 2011 at 7:34 AMIf these are the real email addresses you just ruined this guys vacation by making them public.
ba!
Friday, September 2, 2011 at 8:26 AMLOL
Sicarius123
Friday, September 2, 2011 at 9:10 AMGiven there is a Josh Kopelman at first round, I’d say yes, they have ruined this guys Vacation.
Ash
Friday, September 2, 2011 at 9:07 AMThis email could be really old. He’s probably come back from his holiday, and probably even left the company already. That being said, if he’s still there, he’s going to get bombarded with spam me thinks :P
lulz
Friday, September 2, 2011 at 9:37 AMThis is Casey we’re talking about.