Quote:
in the aliase section I have
/away /me [Not here, back in a few hours]

The problem is - that you've replaced /away command with your alias.
And it's not setting you away, so the $away and other stuff will not work.
Try to replace your alias with this:

Code:
/away { 
  me [Not here, back in a few hours]
  .quote away [Not here, back in a few hours]
}