Status and Out of office
Set your status and out-of-office to let teammates know your availability.
Missive lets you set a personal status to keep your team informed about your availability, whether you’re stepping away for a short break, focusing, or out of office for a longer period. Setting a status helps manage expectations and reduces unnecessary mentions or assignments.
Your status will be visible to your teammates anywhere they see your avatar.
Setting your status
You can set your status from your profile menu:
Click your avatar in the top-left corner.
Select Set a status.
Write your status.
Optionally add an emoji to make it clearer.
Setting a coworker status
Someone called in sick or forgot to set their status before leaving? Go to Settings, select your organization, then find the user in the Users table and click Edit > Edit status.
Only organization admins can change someone else's status. When editing a coworker's status, auto-responder settings are not available since they apply to personal email accounts.
Out of office
Missive's Out of office status lets you set yourself or a coworker as unavailable for a set period of time. While it's active, any replies received in conversations assigned to you are automatically moved back to the Team Inbox, ensuring your teammates can take over while you're away.
You can also enable a personal auto-responder that automatically replies to incoming emails while you're away.
Setting your out of office
You can set your "Out of office" from Set status in your profile menu:
Click your avatar in the top-left corner.
Select Set a status.
Turn on Out of office.
Optionally write a custom message (e.g., "On vacation, back Tuesday").
To schedule in advance, enable Schedule and set a start and end date.
How status affects Missive
Setting a status or out-of-office does not block assignments or notifications, but it gives your team clear visibility into your availability. It helps them:
Avoid assigning new conversations when you’re unavailable
Understand why you may not reply immediately
Know when to expect you back
Clearing your status
You can clear your status at any time:
Click your avatar in the top-left corner.
Hover over your current status, and select Clear status.
If you set an Out of office end time/date, your status will automatically clear when the time is up.
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