# Out of the office reply
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/out-of-the-office-reply/113440
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [04.Апрель.2019 13:10:34 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/out-of-the-office-reply/113440 "2019-04-04T13:10:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@testingsoftware](https://meta.discourse.org/u/testingsoftware)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2019 13:10:35 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/out-of-the-office-reply/113440/1 "2019-04-04T13:10:35Z")
Hi,
Is there a way to set a sort of “out or the office” message for Private Messages?
Say that users send a PM to a moderator while this one is on holidays, is there a way to notify the sender other than turning “Allow other users to send me personal messages” off?
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [04.Апрель.2019 13:56:08 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/out-of-the-office-reply/113440/2 "2019-04-04T13:56:08Z")
Check out this topic:
> [@Away from Discourse plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/away-from-discourse-plugin/88771/6):
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> Before going nuts here I would recommend building a much simpler plugin. One that adds “user defined status emoji” to all the places you see user avatars (cards / mentions / profile). Just exposing this would probably go an enormous distance in resolving the underlying issue here before going full on bulldozer. eg: instead of seeing @sam … you would see: @sam desert_island (when I eventually move to the desert island)
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [04.Май.2019 13:56:28 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/out-of-the-office-reply/113440/3 "2019-05-04T13:56:28Z")
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