On 1/5/08 12:35 PM, Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 5, 2008, at 10:37 AM, Neil wrote: > >> When you set up your out of office message, please make sure not to >> send them to this list. ;-) That sounds obvious, but it >> has happened before. > > I've never really seen the need for this feature. > If you send someone a letter in the mail and they are away you don't > hear back from them until they return and receive the letter. Why > should I expect an instantaneous response to my e-mail?
In certain business situations, such as mine, business can be lost if emails are not attended to promptly. A sales order, for example, or request for information. And it is precisely because of that that I would never count on an OOO message. If I am going to be without access to email for an extended period of time, I arrange for someone to cover for me and check my email while I am gone. Telling a potential client or business partner that I'm not around and that it's /their/ responsibility to contact someone else is unacceptable, at least in my industry. -- Adam Bailey | Chicago, Illinois [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Finger/Web for PGP & S/MIME [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.lull.org/adam/ -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
