The more substantial risk IMHO is in Human Engineering exploits of your business. I've certainly gotten more than enough information in OOA responses to attempt such a thing.
Snopes underestimates the difficulty of matching names to addresses, especially when working with known domains. (e.g. Dell in Austin or government workers for the City of Detroit) Still, though unlikely to occur we generally don't change our home answering machines to reflect that we are going to be out of town either. On 3/5/03 11:37, "Allison M. Wittstock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ed, since you use this example often, can you provide me with some real world > examples of someone being burglarized because their OOO message told the > world they were away? I think I am more likely to be burglarized by a > neighbour that notices I am gone, or someone that sees my postbox has been > emptied in days, or someone overhearing me order plane/train tickets, etc. > > This issue has also been discussed on the urban legend debunking site, Snopes. > The link is http://www.snopes.com/crime/intent/reply.htm > > I look forward to hearing your opinion or some proof of this happening. > > Cheers, > Allison > > > > > On Wednesday 05 March 2003 02:39 am, you wrote: >> The risk of a mail loop with OOO is small. However, consider the >> following: >> >> Byron Kennedy is out of the office vacationing in the south of France >> until the end of the summer. Please feel free to drop by his house at >> 123 Any Street, Anytown, USA, and help yourself to whatever is left. If >> you are a spammer, then you've hit a live mailbox! Tell your friends! >> >> Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP >> Freelance E-Mail Philosopher >> Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Byron Kennedy >> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 5:34 PM >> To: Exchange Discussions >> Subject: OOO to internet, still bad? >> >> >> I know this has caused havoc on e-mail systems in the past. Is this >> still frowned on and if so, are there any "best-practices" available out >> there on how to enable a firm to provide this service effectively with >> exchange 2000, outlook 2000/xp and avoid pitfalls in the past? >> >> How do others articulate or provide work-arounds? >> >> Thx for ideas... byron >> >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm >> Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp >> To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm >> Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp >> To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
