i use outlook for SMTP/POP3 and it is *not* connected to exchange in any
way. as long as my outlook is open, it can be an autoresponder.
-----Original Message-----
From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 9:43 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: (Admin) Vacations and being banned
> However, I'm not sure the proposed solution will work. MSOutlook (who I
> suspect is the primary 'culprit') has an option to send the OOO
.....
I hate to be a stickler about this, but this is the second time I've seen
this posted, and it's making me squirm in my seat to see it again. AFAIK,
autoresponders are a mail server function, not a mail client function. This
setting will most likely only be available to people using Exchange Server
w/Outlook or some other server/client software such as Lotus.
> vacation. I know that Outlook also has the option to do some advanced
> filtering....so I'll try to be more careful in the future.
Again, advanced filtering is a client side activity. Autoresponders are
server side. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
The fact remains that if you choose to participate in this community, it's
also *your* responsibility to make sure you are behaving responsibly. This
may mean setting up a separate email account for list mail, unsubscribing
when you go on vacation, whatever...
> First of all, I'm in agreement
Oh yeah.. you were agreeing with me... Ok all done... :)
-Cameron
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 11:39 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: (Admin) Vacations and being banned
>
>
> A comment here:
>
> First of all, I'm in agreement; I really hate getting vacation
> notices from
> lists...because I'm NOT on holiday ;) Of course, I didn't think about it,
> so I'm probably one of the guilty party that send an OOO notice
> to the list
> (oops - sorry)
>
> However, I'm not sure the proposed solution will work. MSOutlook (who I
> suspect is the primary 'culprit') has an option to send the OOO
> notice only
> once to each email address. Therefore, you'd see it once say on Dec 21st,
> then never again. Was the person only on holiday for one day or for 2
> weeks?
>
> Beyond that, I think its a good thing to stay current on lists over
> vacation. I know that Outlook also has the option to do some advanced
> filtering....so I'll try to be more careful in the future.
>
> Just a thought.....
>
> Brian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Arnold - ASP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 10:56 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: (Admin) Vacations and being banned
>
>
> I am totally in agreement with this - it really annoys me when
> you get 20-30
> "I'm on holiday" messages within the first hour of a day
>
> If I had more time I would have unsubscribed that guy myself today, but I
> think this is MUCH more effective - as long as it's in the notes
> when people
> subscribe, they can't claim ignorance
>
> I can understand if people forget they're in a small list, but
> CF-Talk has a
> huge amount of traffic - only the terminally stupid or forgetful won't
> remember that they're "Out Of Office" message will hit 300 times a day...
>
> Philip Arnold
> Director
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: 15 January 2001 13:44
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: (Admin) Vacations and being banned
> >
> >
> > I really hate being a bad guy. I try to be good, I try to be
> > nice, but once
> > in a while someone does something to really upset me and I get
> the urge to
> > be bad. This 'something' that a person can do is usually
> something stupid.
> > Yes, I said stupid. People who act without thinking really upset
> > me and that
> > leads to very bad things. What has been done this time to upset
> > me? Vacation
> > notices being set for lists.
> > During the holidays, many people set vacation notices and mail
> > messages were
> > bouncing all around because of it. I wrote a filter to stop most of them
> > from coming to the list but still a few get through. In addition to the
> > filter, I sent out message after message with the (Admin) header asking
> > people to unsubscribe from the lists when they go on vacation.
> You'd think
> > they'd listen.
> > The major problem other than having a TON of garbage posts about
> > "being out
> > of the office" or "Gone fishing" is that the people most ready
> to complain
> > about them are the same people who set them. For this reason, I'm
> > setting a
> > new policy for the lists. If someone goes on vacation and sets an
> > auto-responder that sends an email to ANY House of Fusion list,
> > they will be
> > banned for the time of the vacation PLUS a week after.
> > I know this is an extreme measure, but maybe people will learn from it.
> >
> >
> >
>
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