Allow users to specify the OOO behavior while setting it up to send the responder to a single recipient ONCE IN A SINGLE THREAD in 4 days. This may resolve the response delays as users will be notified immediately.
Attached is an example of how this would look:
Auto-responder will be sent once in 4 days on each thread from the unique sender.
If disabled, the auto-responder will be sent once regardless the email thread
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