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This allows others to see that you are not available when they use the free/busy feature.</p></li> <li><p>If enabled, the Mail app will apply an autoresponder using the long message.</p></li> <li><p>The Talk app will show the long out-of-office message to others when they try to reach you in a 1:1 chat during your absence as well as the replacement user if set.</p></li> </ol> </section> </div> </div> <footer><div class="rst-footer-buttons" role="navigation" aria-label="Footer"> <a href="mail.html" class="btn btn-neutral float-left" title="Using the Mail app" accesskey="p" rel="prev"><span class="fa fa-arrow-circle-left" aria-hidden="true"></span> Previous</a> <a href="sync_android.html" class="btn btn-neutral float-right" title="Synchronizing with Android" accesskey="n" rel="next">Next <span class="fa fa-arrow-circle-right" aria-hidden="true"></span></a> </div> <hr/> <div role="contentinfo"> <p>© Copyright 2016-2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors.</p> </div> </footer> </div> </div> </section> </div> <!-- Here go the languages --> <div class="rst-versions" data-toggle="rst-versions" role="note" aria-label="versions"> <span class="rst-current-version" data-toggle="rst-current-version"> 🌐 English <span class="fa fa-caret-down"></span> ☁️ latest <span class="fa fa-caret-down"></span> </span> <div class="rst-other-versions"> <dl> <dt>🌐 Languages</dt> <dd style="width: 32%; 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