Leaving office notification

I noted that the email application my company uses does not have this function to notify that the employee already left the company in a proper way. What they did is to activate the "out of office" for that ex-employee like the below example.....

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I will be out of the office starting 06/25/2007 and will not return until 06/07/2009.

Dear Sender,

I am no longer with -company name- effective 25 June 2007. Please contact other personnel in -company name- to assist you.

Thanks & Regards,

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However, since its an inbuild "out of office" tool, you DEFINETELY have to set dates for the out of office to kick into effect... "starting 06/25/2007 and will not return until 06/07/2009".... so.... does this means the ex-employee will be coming back in July 2009 ? ;p .. i know i know.... its jst a notification.. but i jst cant help thinking tat the company have off-loaned that employee and will be expecting the ex-employee to be back in 2009 :p hehehe