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Helo,

Is it "will not have the access to email" or is it "will not have access to the email"

Im leaning towards the second option but would love a native answer, im setting up a out of office reply

Thank you for your help :)
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"will not have access to email" ("the" is not correct in both cases)

or possibly

"will not have access to my email"
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Thank you for your fast reply! {-:
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Maybe a stupid question but does e-mail make any difference?
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If you mean "email" versus "e-mail", no, it makes no difference at all (to your original question).
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I will be away from office until x and will not have access to e-mail. I will be glad to read your mail after that date. Please contact x, telephone no. x, e-mail x for any urgent matters. Thank you for your understanding.

Thoughts? Thanks for helping me look professional :)
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I will be away from the office until x and will not have access to email. I will be glad to read your mail after that date. Please contact x, telephone no. x, email x for any urgent matters. Thank you for your understanding.

I used email not e-mail because it's my personal preference, but nothing really wrong with e-mail :mrgreen:
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Thank you, im getting a sense where to use "the" now {-;
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https://www.englishclub.com/grammar/nou ... ble-un.htm

In the sense you want email is uncountable. See above
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