yep I agree too. A response confirms the email address is live and in use, definitely not the way to go
On 28 November 2016 at 08:09, John Blake <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Diane > > Andy is right, sending any response just encourages people you want to go > away, it's a negative response, but a response none the less. Best way I > have found is to mark then as Spam, then you'll never see messages from > then again, unless you look in your Spam folder that is. > > On Mon, 28 Nov 2016, 14:09 Andy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 12:50 AM, Dodo aka Diane) <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi, Gmail Users-- >> >> First, I know there is no "auto-response" *per se* in Gmail except for >> the vacation responder. I have searched Help and the Help Forum for what I >> want to do and applied the suggestions I learned, but it hasn't worked >> yet. I want to send one sender an automatic message that essentially says >> to go away. >> >> ... >> >> >> This is not an answer to your question directly ... but I would advise >> not taking that approach. If someone is bothering you and won't stop, even >> a canned response from you might encourage this person to keep e-mailing >> you. I think it would be better to ignore the emails. Use a Filter to >> delete them as they arrive. >> >> If you have notified the person of your wishes but the emails haven't >> stopped, also consider the possibility of taking legal action. >> >> By the way, long ago I created a canned response and tested it, and it >> worked then. Have not tested it since ... perhaps I should. >> >> Andy >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Gmail-Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- My website: http://oldhamandtameside.blogspot.com/ Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money. ~Cree Indian Proverb Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
