My point was even if you did say "I am traveling to the North Pole for a month". What's to say I'd be able to find your house to sell all your furniture and worldly treasures. Last count, there are at least 9 people with my same name.
On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Don Andrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Agreed – not being in the office actually increases the chances of my > being at home – no access to email simply says, don't even try to bother me. > > > > Now, on the other hand, if it said something really stupid like, I'll be > out of (town|state|country) for a week, that would be different. > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* Sobey, Richard A [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Friday, August 15, 2008 8:14 AM > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: OOOR? > > > > Arrg! This tired old debate. What does not being at work have to do with > not being at home?! > > > > *From:* Eric Woodford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* 14 August 2008 18:16 > *To:* MS-Exchange Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: OOOR? > > > > Your OOTO says "I will be out of the office between Monday and Friday with > no access to email". That really says "My house will be empty, please come > and help yourself". > > > Interesting concept, terribly difficult to implement. Unless I know you > personally and have visited your house, finding your specific address, > traveling there (especially being that you're across an ocean from me), > breaking in and then hoping you have something of value worth the entire > endeavor (all before you get back from vacation). That's all assuming you > don't put your home address and "keys under the mat" in your signature. > > > > > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Simon Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If you do allow OOTO to the Internet then watch your queues. As spam is > spoofed the OOTOs will stack up. > > However the social engineering and personal security issue is very > important. > > Your OOTO says "I will be out of the office between Monday and Friday with > no access to email". > That really says "My house will be empty, please come and help yourself". > > The way that I usually counter the OOTO to the internet request is quite > simple. How does it look to business partners, either potential or current? > > To use the example above, what that could be interpreted to say is "Your > custom is not important enough for me to get someone else to monitor my > mailbox for a week, I will read it when I get back". > > If you do implement OOTO then a template would be the best option. The > template wouldn't give much information away, and would tell the sender that > the mailbox is being monitored. Someone would then need to monitor the > mailbox, even if it is just to ping the sender back to say that the person > was away, is it urgent or can it wait. > > Simon. > > -- > Simon Butler > MVP: Exchange, MCSE > Amset IT Solutions Ltd. > > e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > w: www.amset.co.uk > w: www.amset.info > > Need cheap certificates for Exchange, compatible with Windows Mobile 5.0? > http://CertificatesForExchange.com/ for certificates from just $23.99. > Need a domain for your certificate? http://DomainsForExchange.net/ > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: William Lefkovics [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 August 2008 20:29 > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > > Subject: RE: OOOR? > > You probably got several in response to that post. > > Spammers don't care about OOFs. They don't nickel and dime addresses. > > There is sometimes juicy social engineering information within the OOF > though. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Dandy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008 10:08 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: OOOR? > > I'm curious if others are allowing out of office replies to the internet? > I've heard it's a bad idea because spammers use it to harvest valid > addresses. Thanks for your comments. > > Curt > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
