Like someone's going to follow a standard for auto-responders. ;)
Don't get me wrong, I think the idea has merit but the same people who set
their auto-responders on a list also tend to be the same people who don't
use subject headers.
I'm going to take all messages with certain subjects and have them stored
without being sent to the list. A moderator will then be able to come in and
check if a message is list-worthy or garbage. This allows an auto-sweeper
solution with human intervention to avoid mistakes, the best of both worlds
in my opinion. Of course, for this to work you need some standard subject
headers and these exist in most auto-responder packages (thank God). This is
why you didn't see more vacation posts over the holidays.
Oh, all the above work will be done (and is being done) by CF and not the
mailserver. Anyone who wants a copy of the code (messy that it is) is
welcome to it. Please make requests off list.
> Michael
>
> Maybe there is a way to give intelligent people (like most of those
> on this list) the best of both worlds:
>
> Be able to set a simple autoresponder for an email address, easily,
whenever
> they are not available
>
> Have the lists be able to detect a token in the subject & not propagate
the
> message to the list in general
>
> Those who fail to supply the token are deserving of (and are assured
> to receive) the full Dinowitz wrath.
>
>
> I would suggest:
>
> Subject: [AR] I will be out of the office....
>
> AR is for AutoResponder
>
> Others, more clever than I, may have other suggestions for a token...
> but let's pick something and create a standard.
>
> Dick
>
> At 9:18 AM -0500 1/15/01, Michael Dinowitz wrote:
> >If this was an isolated incident on a single, fringe list I'd agree but
in
> >almost all cases the person is subscribed to either CF-Talk or JRun-Talk
> >only.
> >I recognize that there's a need for a new interface and will place one up
> >today.
> >
> >
> >> The only thing I have to say to this is that with all the lists we
keep
> >> making for HOF aren't we asking for someone to forget to unsubscribe
to
> >one
> >> list. There are 8 lists associated with just CF. If there was a way
for
> >> someone to put one email address that they would sign up with any list
and
> >> use that one email list to unsubscribe I would totally agree with you
that
> >> this is unacceptable, but if this person has signed up for many lists
I am
> >> sure it was just a mistake with having to unsubscribe to so many lists
he
> > > may have forgot one.
>
>
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