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How to Setup Vacation Settings or Email Forwarding for Rice Email
This document details vacation settings as well as how to setup email forwarding for faculty, staff, and graduate students for email (using Cyrus mail servers).
Step 1: Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students: Log in to your WebTools to manage your vacation settings at https://ricemail.rice.edu/. Once logged in, select WebSieve.
Step 2: This will take you to SmartSieve (also known as WebSieve) where you will be prompted for your NetID and Password.
Step 3: Once logged in, click on Vacation Settings.
Step 4: Under the Vacation Settings, edit the vacation message. Click Save Changes. This rule is disabled by default. To enable, click Enabled.
Step 5: This rule is enabled when you see the green checkmark.
Step 6: Log out if you have completed SmartSieve processes.
