> However, I do like the idea of the away message as a polite OOO message. "Hello, I'm in the Adirondacks this weekend, I won't be back in contact until Monday.

> However, I do like the idea of the away message as a polite OOO message. "Hello, I'm in the Adirondacks this weekend, I won't be back in contact until Monday." In this way you can politely tell friends why you're not responding and when they can try again. Great, now the random "Hot asian chicks" who message me (and 50 other people) with sexually explicit content will know I'm not at home and can burglarize me in addition to wasting my time with spam!