On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 10:00 AM,  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I will be out of the office starting  10/24/2008 and will not return until
> 10/25/2008.

Ok, it's friday..  When looking at my thrash folder I see that we have
indeed loads of these to the mailing list, but my gmail filter puts
them all aside before I see them. I use the "out of office" in the
subject, so this slipped through (plus others that are creative).
I thought most email agents had the ability to do the away-response
only when you're on the "to:" recipient list and not on the "cc:"
list. Would be nice if people could investigate to use that, or
otherwise avoid to send such to the mailing list. If nothing else, you
can also tell listserv to set you to NOMAIL when you leave.

:story type=blush.
I recall one e-mail agent that did check the recipient on the cc: list
to suppress the away message. Intriguing part of the logic was that
when you're both on to: and cc: you (happens with list expansion) it
would not generate the away note. The away note also included the
original mail.
We then started to use listserv-like reflectors, and someone felt the
need to bcc: his manager on his post to the list. The effect was that
each subscriber to the list got an away note from the manager being
out of office, showing who secretly had a bcc: for the boss... (no,
not me)

> I will be traveling on Friday, October 24, with very limited access to
> email.  If you need to reach me, please  contact me on my cell phone at

Y'all made sure to give her a call already? ;-)

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