I agree entirely, the list server is missing some very key features -- and I'm with you, I've wanted to see these since 4.0. We later purchased 5.0 as well, still no dice. Rather than seeing them slated for yet another major release, I'd like to see a 5.5. Too many versions with too few added features is sort of a microsoft and corel trick -- and look where it got them. :) Jonathan At 12:10 PM 11/6/99 -0800, you wrote: >I've been asking for this since early 4.0 releases. Other list servers look >at the headers to determine whether the e-mail is an auto-reply or vacation >notification message. They filter these types of messages out before they >can hit the list server and be distributed. > >There were virtually no improvements made to the list server functionality >with the last version release (from 4.xx to 5.xx), so I'm hoping that we >will see some list server feature improvements with the next version release >(6.xx). But it may not happen unless we ask for it, so I'm echoing Steve's >request below and asking Ipswitch to include some list server feature >improvements with the next release (which they may already be slatted to do, >but maybe not). > >Regards, > >Bill Landry >Pointshare > >-----Original Message----- >From: Stephen Pribut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Saturday, November 06, 1999 11:36 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [IMail Forum] Vacation Messages Overwhelm Imail Lists > > >To: David Karp >Product Marketing Manager >Ipswitch, Inc. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >David, > >Are there any planned enhancements to protect from fools sending .vacation >messages back to the listserve. > >This could be implemented by "counting" the number of messages sent per >subscriber and allowing a limit to be placed. This is not a terribly >onerous programming task. > >Likewise - how about an option to prohibit attachments on the listserve. >That would prevent the happy99.exe virus and others from being distributed. > >These topics crop up periodically on the listserve and I don't recall ever >seeing any official response, nor any helpful response for that matter >either. > >Steve Pribut > > > >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >to be removed from this list. >Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html >to be removed from this list. Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list.
