RE: out of office messages
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 02:00:25 -0000
Hi Don,
Just to catch up on Maureen's comment, I do know how these
auto responders can be a pain in the neck, however when you
set them up, it is often quite difficult to avoid them going
out to lists. As a list owner and moderator myself, I've
also seen them cause total chaos when they effectively
respond to themselves and hundreds of messages appear, each
longer than the previous one.
However, good, modern, up to date "Out of Office" systems,
such as in Outlook with Exchange Server, should in fact
default such that only ONE response is sent to any one
message sender or list. I do hope you will forgive that one
message.
On the other hand, I do quite agree that, "return Receipt
Messages" should only be used on a specific message basis,
and not for every single message someone sends out. That's
virtually akin to sending every letter you write through the
postal system by Recorded or Registered Post. The irony is
that if every single list member were to actually confirm
receipt, the sender would soon enough start to complain at
receiving 100 or more confirmations.
All the best,
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Don
Bishop
Sent: 18 November 2004 01:45
To: optacon list
Subject: out of office messages
Sorry folks,
Just saw the auto reply message being sent to people's
personal mailboxestriggered by one of our members.
Naturally this has to happen when there is actually some
traffic on the otherwise quiet list.
I'll do what I can to stop this annoying situation in the
short-term. Also, effective immediately, anyone sending
these kinds of automatically generated "out of office"
messages will have their mail from the list immediately
suspended if possible, or if not, they will be unsubscribed.
The same holds true for "return receipt requested" messages.
I'm certain this was done accidently, but it can be very
irritating to other list members and you may be surprised to
know that our list now has over 100 members.
Thanks for your cooperation in this matter.
Don Bishop, moderator=20
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