Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 19:41:31 +0800 From: Adrian Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Out of Office AutoReply: [LIBRETTO] Libretto Digest
On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 03:08:05AM -0800, Raymond wrote: > >Actually, if Tom's autoresponder had quoted the entire digest back, as > >did happen in a couple of the abovementioned storms, all our inboxes > >could be stuffed to the gills in 5 mins. Nasty. > > Umm ... I fail to see how THAT could happen given the digest only > goes out ever X days ... Not sure about this list, but most list digests also trigger after X KBs are received. This is especially useful on busy lists; nobody appreciates having to wade through multi-MB multi-thousand message digests every few days. So the autoresponse I mentioned would be large enough to warrant another digest (after all, it /contains/ a digest). Repeat ad nauseum, or till mail spool overflows, or till mailing list or autoresponding server dies, whichever comes first. > it'd be interesting though if he subscribed to the standard list and > his autoresponder ended up responding to its own autoresponses ... It would take somewhat longer. The digest cascade is more immediate, and far more lethal. - Adrian ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
