auto-reply

• autoreply

auto- +‎ reply

auto-reply (countable and uncountable, plural auto-replies)

1. (email, computing, uncountable) A feature in e-mail software that sends automatic replies, used for instance when the recipient of a message is on holiday.

   I'd like to be able to disable auto-reply for certain users.

2. (email, computing, countable) A message sent by this means.

   I sent an email to the school secretary, only to receive an auto-reply.

   • 2015 August 27, Emily Gould, “The Art of the Out-of-Office Reply”, in The New York Times‎:

     If you have tried to accomplish work in August that requires outside assistance (work like scheduling, deal making, or, say, researching an article about out-of-office auto-replies), you probably ride this particular emotional roller coaster several times a day.