When a lead replies, their sequence stops and nothing else goes to them. Your phone tells you, with what they wrote, and the lead shows that they replied, with a Reply button. An out-of-office is not a reply: MeetDrop reads the date they are back and holds the next email until then. One exception: if replies go straight to your own inbox, MeetDrop never sees them, so only you can stop the follow-ups.
When they write back
When they are out of office
An automatic out-of-office is not a reply, so the sequence does not stop. MeetDrop reads the date they say they are back and moves the next email to that day, then carries on as planned.
If the notice gives no return date, the next email waits seven days.
The one case where nothing stops by itself
In Settings you choose where replies go. To your inbox, through MeetDrop reaches you just the same, and lets MeetDrop see the reply, so the follow-ups stop the moment they answer.
Straight to your inbox is a normal thread in your mailbox with nothing in between. MeetDrop never sees the reply or the out-of-office, so nothing stops the follow-ups but you, and no out-of-office pause happens. The same is true when you send through Gmail. If you choose either, stop a lead's sequence yourself when they answer.
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Start freeRelated questions
Does an out-of-office reply stop my follow-ups?
No. An out-of-office is not a reply, so the sequence keeps going, but the next email waits until the date they are back. With no date in the notice, it waits seven days.
Will my lead get another follow-up after they reply?
No, as long as MeetDrop can see the reply. A reply stops the sequence the moment it arrives. If your replies go straight to your own inbox or you send through Gmail, MeetDrop cannot see them, so stop the sequence yourself.
Last reviewed 3 November 2026 by the MeetDrop team.