You're correct in saying that OOO messages from Exchange are offensive. However, I don't think you should necessarily consider the subscriber as the offender - I for one have no choice in what email software is run at my corporate office. Everyone in my corporate IT group is so busy continually justifying their existence and staking their ground that there's no chance that they'll switch platforms. Heck, the Windoze guy turns almost white when I talk about taking over the DNS servers. -----Original Message----- From: David Lesher [mailto:wb8foz@nrk.com] Sent: Friday, December 26, 2003 9:51 AM To: nanog list Subject: Re: Out of office/vacation messages Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
Again, if your auto-responder writes to *anyone*, it is broken, period.
Then again, most of the autoresponders being sent to the list are from Exchange. Which is broken, period.
Most? Not "all"?? When/if I get tired of getting the admin box full of such, I find unsubscribing the offender to be a good cure. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
Pete Templin writes on 12/26/2003 7:18 PM:
You're correct in saying that OOO messages from Exchange are offensive. However, I don't think you should necessarily consider the subscriber as the offender - I for one have no choice in what email software is run at my corporate office. Everyone in my corporate IT group is so busy continually justifying their existence and staking their ground that there's no chance that they'll switch platforms.
It is perfectly possible for a user on an exchange system to move his mailing list subscriptions and other stuff he doesn't want autoreplied to a public folder. -- srs (postmaster|suresh)@outblaze.com // gpg : EDEDEFB9 manager, outblaze.com security and antispam operations
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Pete Templin writes on 12/26/2003 7:18 PM:
You're correct in saying that OOO messages from Exchange are offensive. How
It is perfectly possible for a user on an exchange system to move his mailing list subscriptions and other stuff he doesn't want autoreplied to a public folder.
Or castrate the OOO into silence. I suggested a 2nd account once to one lawyer assaulting me with such, and he told me how important it was all his clients know his whereabouts quickly, etc. I should have recommended a Jennicam to him.... -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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