On Monday 04 February 2002 01:51 am, Stephenson, Paul wrote: > Hi folks, > > I understand from some private mails that my Outlook has been spamming > every one of you who has posted to debian-user in the last week with Out of > Office Auto-Replies. > > Please accept my sincerest apologies. > > I don't usually bother turning on auto-replies (partly due to concern over > the possible effect on mailing lists) but my colleagues turned it on for me > when my wife had a baby and I suddenly had a week off work. > > Interestingly, Outlook (which I don't use out of choice!) doesn't seem to > send auto-replies when the mail has been sent to an Exchange mail group, > only when my name is explicitly mentioned on the To: or Cc: lines. > Therefore I hoped that mails sent to debian-user would also follow this > approach, but it seems not to have been the case. > > I guess the only solution is to unsubscribe from debian-user when I go on > holiday, or not read it at all from work (I probably shouldn't anyway), > unless anyone knows of a way to persuade Outlook not to be so daft. >
given that all of the time you thought you had to spare is about to be claimed by the newborn, i just can't think of any adminishment that would be fair. so, was it a girl or a boy?
