Gee Darrell, Guantanomo is so nice this time of year! Warren
On 3/7/08, Darrell Reading <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ** *Let me share with the list what I did a number of years ago in direct > relationship to the subject above and trying to be a smarta*s. Please don't > laugh at me too hard, but you can log this as Friday Humor is you like.* > ** > *As I stated, it was many years ago, and people were still trying to > unsubscribe via the list. I got sick and tired of people not reading the > bottom of the email, and sending garbage to the list, so I set up a rule in > Outlook that would send an auto response to the individual, and would delete > the email. All worked well for many months, and I was quite proud of > myself. One day, I had decided to burn a vacation day and just fiddle > around the house. It was an early spring day, so I did my thing outside the > house, thinking everything was right in the world. Unbeknown to me, there > was an individual that was going to destroy that by sending an UNSUBSCRIBE > message, then turn on his out of office rule on.* > ** > *The email came in to the list, with the subject line, UNSUBSCRIBE. The > email made to my machine, quietly using its rules to sort through my email > when this email came in. My rule caught the offender and replied, telling > the owner of the email how to properly leave the list. Well, he had his out > of office set, as he must have found the outdoors as appealing as I did. > His reply came back to me, telling me that he was out of office for the rest > of the day. Getting a response like that was fine, my rules were ready, but > the problem was, his out of office reply kept the UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject > line. My rules didn't like the reply and did it's thing. The email bounced > back to this individuals inbox and his out of office reply responded yet > again. I hope you all see where this is going.* > ** > *I forgot to mention that this individual worked at a military > installation that few have heard of. Well, after about ten minutes and > 6,000 emails later, a big dog at this installation called here. After a bit > was passed to an individual in our security department. The person in the > security department knew me, so called right away. The conversation went > something like this:* > ** > *"Hello?"* > *"Darrell, do you know so and so from blah blah?"* > *"Nope, never heard of him."* > *"Well, can you explain why you just emailed him 6,000 times in less than > 10 minutes, taking down a government's exchange server that we are not > supposed to know about?"* > *"Uh, maybe my auto rules caught something, and they have something > similar on their end. I'm not in, so I know it wasn't me personally that > emailed this guy."* > *"Well, we are at a loss to do, we need to stop the looping. The > government isn't too happy."* > *"Unplug my network connection."* > *"Ok, bye."* > ** > *He went to my computer and yanked the power cord out of the wall.* > ** > *We talked later and had a good laugh about it. I made cracks about black > choppers hovering in my backyard.* > ** > > *Darrell Reading Systems Engineer* > Phone 479.204.5739 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. > 805 Moberly Lane, MS-0560-68 > Bentonville, AR 72716 > *Save Money. Live Better* > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Susan Palmer > *Sent:* Friday, March 07, 2008 11:23 > *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > *Subject:* Re: UNSUBSCRIBE > > > ** lol ... sometimes I cannot skip a chance for a smarta*s response > > > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Sanford, Claire < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ** *Susan like Pat Zandi can never leave us!!!* > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Howard Richter > > *Sent:* Thursday, March 06, 2008 7:52 PM > > *To:* arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > > *Subject:* Re: UNSUBSCRIBE > > > > > > ** Susan, > > > > I thought you were going to get off the list and my world was ending.. > > > > hbr > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 6:37 PM, Susan Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > ** Read the bottom of the email > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Benitz, Tony : CO IR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > How do I get off the list. I am not doing Remedy any longer and the > > > > there is a lot of action on this list. > > > > > > > > Thanks.. Tony Benitz > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) on behalf of > > > > Thomas Bean > > > > Sent: Thu 3/6/2008 12:07 PM > > > > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > > > > Subject: Re: Pattern of $MENU$ > > > > > > > > > > > > ** > > > > Andy, > > > > What search qualification do you have defined in the menu attached > > > > to the character field? > > > > > > > > --Thomas > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: Mayfield, Andy L. <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Newsgroups: gmane.comp.crm.arsystem.general > > > > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 1:58 PM > > > > Subject: Re: Pattern of $MENU$ > > > > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > I am confused now. I am using the same setup on other fields > > > > with no problem, but for some reason on this form it doesn't want to > > > > work. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Andy L. Mayfield > > > > Sr. System Operation Specialist > > > > Alabama Power Company > > > > Office: 205-226-1805 > > > > Cell: 205-288-9140 > > > > SoLinc: 10*19140 > > > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Bean > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 1:15 PM > > > > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > > > > Subject: Re: Pattern of $MENU$ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > $MENU$ patterns below version will work in earlier versions > > > > of ARS, but not if the search qualification defined in the search menu > > > > contains a dynamic field reference. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > e.g.: > > > > > > > > 'Equipment Category' = $536870913$ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > There was a workaround for this, however (see attached). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This workaround should still be valid on later versions of > > > > ARS. However, it would be MUCH simpler to follow Joe's suggestion, and > > > > change the display type to 'Drop-Down List' in the display properties > > > > of the > > > > character field to which the search menu is attached (unless for some > > > > reason > > > > you don't want the character field to look like a selection field). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > HTH, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --Thomas > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > > From: Joe D'Souza <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > Newsgroups: gmane.comp.crm.arsystem.general > > > > > > > > To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG > > > > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 9:17 PM > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: Pattern of $MENU$ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ** > > > > > > > > Andy, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you hare having the field patterned using $MENU$, > > > > why do you type into it or let your users type into it? Can't you just > > > > have > > > > the character field displayed as a drop-list and have the users forced > > > > to > > > > use the menus? That's an available feature in ARS version 6.3upwards.. > > > > That would be clean and you would get what you want to do... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > If you are below version 6, and somewhere close to > > > > version 4.5, there used to be a bug with the $MENU$ patterning.. > > > > Even valid values would be rejected. The only fix on that version was to > > > > upgrade it. I do not recall a patch that fixed it except the next > > > > upgrade.. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________________________________________ > > > > UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org > > > > Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > > > > > > > > > __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > > html___ > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Howard Richter > > ITIL Foundation Certified > > Red Hat Certified Technician > > CompTIA Linux+ Certified > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Resume = > > http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/resumes/hrichter_1/masterresume20(2)__Platinum > > Sponsor: > > www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" html___ > > __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > > html___ > > > > __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" > html___ > > ------------------------------ > > *********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended > solely for the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. 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