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Is saying "Thank you for your email" in out of office reply de rigueur or weak?

It seems totally unnecessary, performative in that an automa...
Nazca Redlines
  02/19/26
Weak. Shortest possible message with just dates plus “...
.....;;,,.........;.;.;.;.,;,;,;.;.;,;
  02/19/26
CR except the part about not listing colleagues who are cove...
Nazca Redlines
  02/19/26


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Date: February 19th, 2026 9:26 AM
Author: Nazca Redlines

It seems totally unnecessary, performative in that an automated "thank you" isn't a real, sincere thank you, and inapplicable to the vast majority of emails, which I'm not thankful to receive.

In before "beep beep beep."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5836235&forum_id=2\u0026show=today#49679860)



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Date: February 19th, 2026 9:29 AM
Author: .....;;,,.........;.;.;.;.,;,;,;.;.;,;


Weak. Shortest possible message with just dates plus “responses will be delayed” no “here’s my co-worker you can bother” no “I’ll be checking periodically” just an implicit “fuck off I’m on vacation”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5836235&forum_id=2\u0026show=today#49679868)



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Date: February 19th, 2026 10:08 AM
Author: Nazca Redlines

CR except the part about not listing colleagues who are covering for you. That's valuable because (a) you should help facilitate work getting done in your absence instead of leaving people hanging and (b) you will come back to less work piled up if someone else does it while you're out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5836235&forum_id=2\u0026show=today#49679911)