You're pissing in the wind, my friend. I feel your pain. People are going to continue to use this "feature" and will be unrepentant and downright arrogant when you complain to them directly.
What's funny is how pointless the replies are. "I am out of the office for the next week, but I will be checking email every 5 minutes." To the sender's POV, if the receiver is still checking their email, does it matter if they are not in the office? Morons! > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2001 4:01 AM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: A uto-r epl ies. > > > > I had to re-post this, because the server rejected it due to > its subject > content, which was "Out Of Office Replies" :-) > > Second, ignore the spacing in the subject, because this was rejected > AGAIN for having "OUTTA-OFFICE" in its new subject. > > ----------------------- > > To whom it may concern: > > This must have hundreds of subscribers. *EVERY* time I post to this > list I am replied to by *OUT OF OFFICE REPLIES*. > > I don't care if you're in the office or if you're on holiday in > Afghanistan. It is common courtesy to do one of the following items > when using an auto-reply: > > 1. De-register yourself from any mailing lists until you return. 2. > Use a secondary email address for subscribing to mailing discussion > lists. You can then configure your mail client to auto-respond to any > emails that are directed towards your normal email account, as opposed > to the account that is used for discussion lists. > > What makes my teeth grind is when somebody sets their Auto-Respond > message to say "I apologize if this has been sent to a list." > > ARGH! > > Please -- do the right thing! > > > Is this a futile argument? > > > > Adam Smith > IT Officer > SAGE Automation Ltd > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.sageautomation.com > > Phone: (08) 8276 0703 > Fax: (08) 8276 0799 > Mobile: 0414 895 273 > > ԿԬ > > > > > Adam Smith > IT Officer > SAGE Automation Ltd > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.sageautomation.com > > Phone: (08) 8276 0703 > Fax: (08) 8276 0799 > Mobile: 0414 895 273 > > ԿԬ > > > > > > ************** Email Confidentiality Clause ************** > The information contained within this email and its > attachments is intended for the named recipients only. It may > contain privileged and confidential information. If you are > not the intended recipient, you must not copy, distribute or > take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this > email in error, please return it to the originator advising > of the error and delete all copies of it from your system. > > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
