as far as I can tell, house of fusion mailing lists still do not
have a Precendence: bulk header in them, informing most
vacation programs not to reply ...
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Larry W. Virden URL: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL: http://www.purl.org/net/lvirden/
Even if explicitly stated to the contrary,
The only thing I have to say to this is that with all the lists we keep
making for HOF aren't we asking for someone to forget to unsubscribe to one
list. There are 8 lists associated with just CF. If there was a way for
someone to put one email address that they would sign up with any list and
Michael,
Maybe I'm in the minority, but I just don't see why people get so angry
about vacation messages. I think it's an honest mistake, and when you're
subscribed to a dozen lists and looking forward to leaving town I'm sure
it's easy to forget to change your settings.
I'm sure of one thing:
If this was an isolated incident on a single, fringe list I'd agree but in
almost all cases the person is subscribed to either CF-Talk or JRun-Talk
only.
I recognize that there's a need for a new interface and will place one up
today.
The only thing I have to say to this is that with all the
-Original Message-
From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 07:44
To: CF-Talk
Subject: (Admin) Vacations and being banned
[snip of the rant]
The major problem other than having a TON of garbage posts about
"being out
of the office" or
Michael
Maybe there is a way to give intelligent people (like most of those
on this list) the best of both worlds:
Be able to set a simple autoresponder for an email address, easily, whenever
they are not available
Have the lists be able to detect a token in the subject not
I am totally in agreement with this - it really annoys me when you get 20-30
"I'm on holiday" messages within the first hour of a day
If I had more time I would have unsubscribed that guy myself today, but I
think this is MUCH more effective - as long as it's in the notes when people
subscribe,
Like someone's going to follow a standard for auto-responders. ;)
Don't get me wrong, I think the idea has merit but the same people who set
their auto-responders on a list also tend to be the same people who don't
use subject headers.
I'm going to take all messages with certain subjects and have
, 2001 10:56 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: (Admin) Vacations and being banned
I am totally in agreement with this - it really annoys me when you get 20-30
"I'm on holiday" messages within the first hour of a day
If I had more time I would have unsubscribed that guy myself today, b
Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 15 January 2001 15:49
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Suggestion was: Re: (Admin) Vacations and being banned
Michael
Maybe there is a way to give intelligent people (like most of those
on this list) the best of both worlds:
Be able to set a simple autoresponder
I'm going to take all messages with certain subjects and have them stored
without being sent to the list. A moderator will then be able to come in and
check if a message is list-worthy or garbage. This allows an auto-sweeper
solution with human intervention to avoid mistakes, the best of both
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f.770.460.0963
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 11:39 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: (Admin) Vacations and being banned
A comment here:
First of all, I'm in agreement; I really hate getting vacation
Beyond that, I think its a good thing to stay current on lists over
vacation. I know that Outlook also has the option to do some advanced
filteringso I'll try to be more careful in the future.
I'll agree with that. However, then don't set a 'macro / agent / autoresponder /
However, I'm not sure the proposed solution will work. MSOutlook (who I
suspect is the primary 'culprit') has an option to send the OOO notice only
once to each email address.
But each post in cf is posted as the mail sender; BFlynn, Robert Everland,
Gavin Myers. So MS Outlook will reply to
elliptIQ Inc.
p.770.460.7277.232
f.770.460.0963
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 11:39 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: (Admin) Vacations and being banned
A comment here:
First of all, I'm in agreement; I really hate
Cameron Childress wrote:
AFAIK, autoresponders are a mail server function,
not a mail client function. This setting will most likely only
be available to people using Exchange Server w/Outlook or some
other server/client software such as Lotus.
I was about to say the same thing. People
-Original Message-
From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 12:43 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: (Admin) Vacations and being banned
However, I'm not sure the proposed solution will work.
MSOutlook (who I
suspect is the primary 'culprit') has
-Original Message-
From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 11:43
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: (Admin) Vacations and being banned
[deleteia]
Actually, with Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5, this setting is PURELY on the
client. Having
Ryan wrote:
I'm going to take all messages with certain subjects and have them stored
without being sent to the list. A moderator will then be able to come in and
check if a message is list-worthy or garbage. This allows an auto-sweeper
solution with human intervention to avoid mistakes,
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Cameron,
While this thread has demonstrated why autoresponders should remain
on the server side, Outlook does have the capability to be an
autoresponder. For example, if I go on vacation I can leave my
computer on, have my mail client pop the
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Cameron,
While this thread has demonstrated why autoresponders should remain
on the server side, Outlook does have the capability to be an
autoresponder. For example, if I go on vacation I can leave my
compu
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