Vacation Messages

Users of the GCRC's mail server can generate vacation messages when they plan to be out of the office for a period of time. You can create your vacation message and switch it on using a web form, accessible from within the Medical Center and Bellevue.

Before you leave for vacation ...

• Use the URL http://gcrc.med.nyu.edu/vacation
• You will need to authenticate with your kerberos ID and email password as shown below:
  login: "kerberosID@msgstore"
  password: [your email password]
  For example, if your kerberos ID is "smithj01", you would log in with username "smithj01@msgstore"
• Follow the instructions on the web page for filling in the form.
  • Remember to check the box marked "Enable vacation notice". If this is not checked the notice is not processed and your vacation messages will not sent.
• Hit "SUBMIT"
• Any reply message automatically generated by the server using your vacation message will be treated as "second class" mail by the server, and therefore take longer to be delivered.

Note to Mac OS 10 Users

We have been made aware of users of Internet Explorer having difficulty making changes to their vacation message settings. Please use Safari, Mozilla, Firefox or some other to set your options correctly. Internet Explorer for Macintosh is deprecated and will no longer be supported by Microsoft.

When you get back from vacation ...

... return to this URL and un-check the "enable" checkbox. This turns the vacation message off. Remember to "SUBMIT" the change.

Message Filters

The same URL (https://gcrc.med.nyu.edu:7633/mailbox_filters/) can be used to enter mailbox filters to control the acceptance or rejection of mail based on criteria you set. You might use these to gain control over messages from specific sources. Mail that you know you do not want (based on its source) can be discarded (and lost irreversibly and permanently) by setting the correct filter.

Remember that the best way to control spam, is to use the filters built into PMAS. PMAS's "blocklist" feature allows similar control with a simpler web interface. You should probably never need to use these message filters. But if you do, be very careful to monitor your incomming mail stream to be sure you have not eliminated mail you need. Return to the web page regularly to "tune up" the filters you have set and keep them up to date.