On Wed, May 17, 2006 12:12 pm, Jim Maul said:

>>   If you are on a mail list such as this, think longer
>> and harder than usual. Then don't do it.
>
> Right.  That seems like an acceptable solution.  Hell, why even have
> autoresponders at all then?

I figure autoresponders are relics of the way email worked in the 80's. 
Back before spam, and email viri, and big mailing lists, and
web-accessible email.

These days, being out of the office, or town, or country, is no reason for
you to not be able to get your email, if you felt you needed to.  So, the
only reason you aren't responding is that you don't want to.

The fact that some email packages still have autoresponders is a
misfeature, in my eyes.

Luckily, my spam filter catches them.  That's all they are, anyway.  More
spam.

Daniel T. Staal

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