If it's any consolation, I really don't think an Outlook out-of-office message would stand up in court as a "resignation." Resigning would need to be an informed, intentional act.

Shout outs to O'Brien, who gets chased around the transporter room by a cloud and acts like it's just another day at the office "To you, an alien energy being, your encounter with the Enterprise was the most important thing that happened to you in a century. To O'Brien, it was a Tuesday."

Still the best take I’ve seen on the story.