POP servers transfer incoming mail to which ever device accesses it first. Unless your ISP or Emailer provider stores emails on its own servers you will have trouble syncing your emails to different devices. MAP stands for Internet Message Access Protocol and is a more recent email implementation with more features and the ability to sync email usage across multiple devices and email clients.
MAP servers accomplish this act by storing your email files online and remember which messages you have accessed. Your iPad can interface with either a POP or iMAP account. You would set up a POP or iMAP email account as you would any email account on the iPad. The easiest way is to just sync with iTunes if you use a compatible mail client such as Apple or Microsoft Outlook. Otherwise, follow the steps below to setup your email account.
Tap "Settings" on the home screen. Or you can tap Mail Icon and skip to step 4 if you are setting your mail for the first time. Tap "Mail, Contacts, Calendars" on the left hand panel. If you have a Microsoft Exchange, MobileMe, Gmail, Yahoo, or AOL email account, tap the icon. If you do not have one of those accounts you will have to press "Other" and manually input the email settings and server configuration given by your email from your email provider.
Choose the start and end date, then check the box Send replies only during this time period. Below that is a blank body of text. Enter the message you want people to receive as your out of office reply. You can check the box for sending Ooo replies to everyone or just to your contacts. Click Ok at the top when you’re done.
If you set a start and end time and check the box, “Send replies only during this time period,” your out of office reply will automatically turn off. Click the Settings icon that looks like a gear in the top right corner. Check Enable during these dates. Below that, enter your auto reply email message. You can also send yourself a sample copy and set different responses for emails coming from specific domains.
When you’re done, click Save. Your out of office vacation response should turn off automatically after the end date. But you can also revisit this place in Settings to turn it off manually by unchecking the box, “Enable during these dates,” and clicking Save. If you manage all your accounts from the Mail app on iPhone and Mac, then you can create a “rule” that will work as your out of office automatic email response.
It’s not as straight-forward as going direct to the email provider, but it will do the job all the same and save you from having to set up multiple out of office replies for each of your email accounts. Open the Mail app on your Mac. Click Mail on the top menu bar and select Preferences.
Give it a description such as Out of Office Response. Where the default is Any Recipient, click and choose Every Message. Below that, change Move Message to Reply to Message. Enter the email response you want people to see when they receive your Out of Office reply. Click Ok again to finish creating the rule.
It will ask if you want to apply your rules to messages in selected inboxes. Choose Don’t Apply. I repeat, choose Don’t Apply. If you choose Apply, every person in your inbox will receive your out of office reply. Follow the directions above until you come Every Message. Instead of Every Message, choose To. In the next box, choose “is equal to” and enter your email address for the account you want to send out of office replies to. If you need to set it up for more than one email address, click the plus sign and repeat.
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