Hi again Anthony, I just got one of these autoreplies myself from Simon King, another Aussie on the list. The text was: > Thank you for your email. > I will be off campus on training until Friday 7 June, and will respond to > your message as soon as possible. > Simon King.
This one was sent directly to me rather than as a post from the PDML listserver. I don't expect I'll get another one from him, since: (i) he's probably been auto-unsubscribed, and (ii) his mailserver will recognize me as someone who's already been sent an auto-reply from an earlier message. I've modified the subject line (by adding a string of text "!@#$%^" -- so that I'll recognize any other autoreply to this present message, in case one does happen to come. Typically, most MS Office users don't activate the Out-of-Office manager when they're gone from their offices on nights and weekends. (I know I don't, although perhaps some do.) Mostly, they might activate it under the same sorts of circumstances that would cause a PDMLer to temporarily unsubscribe from the list -- that is, if they went on vacation for a week. Thus, it shouldn't be a surprise that you wouldn't be deluged with such autoreplies. Have a good one! Bill Peifer Rochester, NY I'll add the following, in case Simon happens to read this on his return.... **************************************************************************** ******* Hi Simon -- You may need to resubscribe to the list once you return to your office. IIRC, I think an auto-reply sent to the PDML server may cause you to be unsubscribed. If you get a chance, send me a note off-list and let me know if the auto-reply caused any havok with your PDML subscription. I'm just curious.... Thanks! **************************************************************************** ******* > -----Original Message----- > From: Anthony Farr [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 1:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: is this person on our list?? mail problems. > > William, > > Thanks for the explanation. Sounds logical, and as most of my few posts > occur in the wee hours, then it figures that local members subscribed from > their offices would be the source of my phantom replies. It makes me > wonder, 'though, why I'm not deluged with them when I post on weekends, or > why I don't get a flood of American "Out of Office AutoReplies" when I > post > in our daytime (when you're out of your offices). > > It also explains why they never do "get back to me later". > > Regards, > Anthony Farr > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Peifer, William [OCDUS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Anthony Farr wrote: > > > A few days ago I got an "Out of Office AutoReply" from a corporate > email > > > address to a message I sent to PDML. Like you the addressee was not > > > listed in my address book so I don't understand how I could even have > > > accidentally cc'd him.... [Snip] Has anyone else had something > similar > > > lately? > > > > Hi Anthony, > > > > I got an MS Outlook out-of-office auto-reply a few days ago as well. > This > > also happened a few months ago, IIRC. I believe the problem is that > someone > > with MS Outlook activates his/her Out-of-Office Manager (presumably > before > > going on extended leave from the office), and then anyone sending > him/her > an > > e-mail gets an automatic reply, creating havok for any lists to which > he/she > > subscribes. If this individual happens to get one -- or several dozen > -- > > e-mails from the PDML server, then his/her mailserver dutifully sends > out > > one -- or perhaps several dozen -- automatic replies to the PDML server. > > And of course, any posting to the listserver gets forwarded to all of us > > PDMLers. > > > > This Out-of-Office Manager is only supposed to auto-reply once to any > given > > e-mail sender -- that is, if I send this individual ten e-mails, only > the > > first one will get an auto-reply. However, I believe that Outlook looks > for > > the "From" address rather than the "Reply-to" address. Thus, all > his/her > > PDML mail looks like it comes from dozens of different individual > senders > > (even though the reply-to address is the same), so dozens of > auto-replies > > are sent out (rather than just a single auto-reply to the PDML address). > > > > I think Doug's got the listserver set up now so that anyone sending such > an > > autoreply gets auto-unsubscribed, but I'm not sure. I know that when > this > > problem happened several months ago (due to some PDMLer activating his > MS > > Office auto-reply feature), I was getting double the PDML mail for the > > better part of a day. Each authentic PDML message was accompanied by a > note > > from this particular PDMLer stating that he was out of the office > presently, > > but would respond following his return. Quite aggravating! ;-) > > > > Bill Peifer > > Rochester, NY > > - > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. 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