Enabling "out of office" auto-reply for a group
On occasions all staff who respond to a specific group will be unavailable. For example the enrol@friends.tas.edu.au (enrol.office@friends.tas.edu.au as an alias) group when both members of the enrolment team are on leave.
The way to set up an “out of office” message for a group is to use the auto-reply function.
Instructions
Full details are at https://support.google.com/groups/answer/9792589?hl=en
Go to the Google Admin Console and find the group
Click on Access Settings → Advanced settings. This will take you to the groups.google.com view for the group
In the LHS menu go to Group settings → Email Options
Set the auto-reply, usually this will be necessary for all four options of person posting to the group.
Set a reminder to turn off the auto-reply on a particular date
Auto replies cannot be set to turn on or off at a particular time or date, so a separate reminder is recommended