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There is also the issue of security. If you have any contact information (e.g. your email address, work and phone number, supervisor contact info) or your signature added to the out-of-office reply, it could help scammers piece together the elements needed for identity theft. When your auto-reply is turned on and someone sends you a message, your mail server will send the out of office reply back to the spammers, confirming that your email address is a valid one.