Managing unavailability notices

A computer program product for managing unavailability notices, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable tangible storage media and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more storage media, wherein the one or more storage media are not transitory signals per se, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to send to one or more users from a list, an out of office alert notice with a reminder function, wherein the reminder function allows for each of the one or more users to receive a reminder about unavailability at another time, as specified by each of the one or more users, prior to the duration of time selection in the out of office alert notice;
• program instructions to receive an e-mail sent from a second user of an e-mail service to a first user;
• program instructions to send a first out of office notice with a refresh option to the second user, wherein the refresh option allows for the second user to receive the out of office notice in a set duration of time;
• program instructions to, responsive to determining the refresh option has been selected, send a second out of office notice with the refresh option to the second user subsequent to completion of the set duration of time;
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• program instructions to, responsive to receiving a show sent e-mail selection, display one or more emails sent by the second user during the set duration of time between the first out of office notice and second out of office notice.

A computer system for managing unavailability notices, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage media, wherein the one or more storage media are not transitory signals per se;
• and
• program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
• send to one or more users from a list, an out of office alert notice with a reminder function, wherein the reminder function allows for each of the one or more users to receive a reminder about unavailability at another time, as specified by each of the one or more users, prior to the duration of time selection in the out of office alert notice;
• receive an e-mail sent from a second user of an e-mail service to a first user;
• send a first out of office notice with a refresh option to the second user, wherein the refresh option allows for the second user to receive the out of office notice in a set duration of time;
• responsive to determining the refresh option has been selected, send a second out of office notice with the refresh option to the second user subsequent to completion of the set duration of time;
• and
• responsive to receiving a show sent e-mail selection, display one or more emails sent by the second user during the set duration of time between the first out of office notice and second out of office notice.