Patent ID: 8423011

Claim:
A cellular handheld electronic device comprising: an input device; a wireless communications port; and a processor in communication with the input device and the wireless communications port, the processor being configured to: detect, at the input device, input of an out-of-office reply setting comprising an instruction to enable the out-of-office reply setting and a date for disabling the out-of-office reply setting, the out-of-office reply setting comprising a change to an out-of-office reply setting previously stored at the cellular handheld electronic device and in the account at the server; and send, using the wireless communications port, the detected out-of-office reply setting for storage at a server for an account associated with said setting, wherein the processor is configured to send the detected out-of-office reply setting by wirelessly sending said setting for receipt by an enterprise server in communication with a mail server comprising the account.