vacation message:

When I hit the vacation button, that notifies ALL my opponents
I am on vacation, right?
Also when I type something in the vacation message box, does
that also go to all my opponents? Thanks, have to be in
Ohio for a week or so.
Does vacation stop the clocks or is it just a way to nicely ask people
not to claim a win even though they can?

Originally posted by sonhouse
When I hit the vacation button, that notifies ALL my opponents
I am on vacation, right?
Also when I type something in the vacation message box, does
that also go to all my opponents? Thanks, have to be in
Ohio for a week or so.
Does vacation stop the clocks or is it just a way to nicely ask people
not to claim a win even though they can?

Originally posted by mwmiller
No, I don't believe anything is sent to your opponents. All that happens is the vacation icon appears by your username, and the message appears at the top of your profile page. It does not stop the clock either.

I believe this is true, unless something has been changed recently.

Regards, Marc

If you want to see an example of how it works, go to 'player tables' then click on 'most active players'. You will see someone there is on vacation and if you click their profile, you can see an example of the vacation message.