On a technical list I'm on that concerns Exchange (among other things) someone forwarded to the list someone's OOF from a major company. From his name and location the person found his address on the web. Since his OOF said he'd be gone for two weeks, out of town on vacation, he essentially is telling the whole world his house is unattended and ripe for picking.
Bad idea. It's just a bad idea. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Archie Call" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Exchange Discussions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 2:01 PM Subject: Ouut Oof Offfice responses - Security Risk > Our company is proposing that we allow the Ouut Oof Offfice feature to be > turned on for Internet Mail in Exchange 5.5. I have seen comments on this > newsgroup discussing many security reasons for not doing this! I have > looked in the PDF file but am have diffculty locating this discussion. I > remember someone who wrote a little story that was very convincing. > > The downsides I see are: potential for mail looping (bugs in Exchange or > Mailbox filled up); you tell the cyber crooks that you are gone and your > house can be robbed; you tell the spammer they have a valid address; much > increased mail traffic especially during a virus outbreat; you send > numerous messages to everyone in a ListServer. > > If anyone has anything to add here, it would be greatly appreciated. > > ...Archie Call > > Note: I misspelled OOO so as not trigger your filter. > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
