On Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:34:11 +0200, KH wrote: > >> IMHO, setting up any kind of auto-responder is a *huge* mistake. > > > > Any kind? Even a well functioning one that send no more than one mail > > to any address in a day? I use a procmail rule to take care of this, > > it appears after list filtering rules to list mails are not > > auto-responded. But even if it did appear before a list's rule, one > > mail per day is hardly a problem.
> is there a how-to for setting up a rule like this? man procmailex > To answer you question: It depends. I was responding to a statement that any kind of auto-responder is wrong, so "it depends" is not allowed :) > Sometimes I receive auto response > like "Hey I won't be at my desk for the next 30 mins because I went to > get some launch." The people that do that probably also tell everyone on twitter when they're going for a dump. > No email should be that important that one cannot wait > like a day for an replay. If it is that important one should just use > the phone. Agreed. > Going to a place without internet or on vacation for weeks, ok it is > correct to inform the sender, that the email will not be read until > whenever. Another use it to let people know that their mail has been received. I company I do work for has an auto-responder on their accounts address. Emails are usually replied to quickly, but if I send an invoice there is no need for a human response but the automated mail shows they received it. -- Neil Bothwick Just when you got it all figured out: An UPGRADE!
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