Re: Many apologies for auto-reply spam
On Monday 04 February 2002 01:51 am, Stephenson, Paul wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I understand from some private mails that my Outlook has been spamming
> every one of you who has posted to debian-user in the last week with Out of
> Office Auto-Replies.
>
> Please accept my sincerest apologies.
>
> I don't usually bother turning on auto-replies (partly due to concern over
> the possible effect on mailing lists) but my colleagues turned it on for me
> when my wife had a baby and I suddenly had a week off work.
>
> Interestingly, Outlook (which I don't use out of choice!) doesn't seem to
> send auto-replies when the mail has been sent to an Exchange mail group,
> only when my name is explicitly mentioned on the To: or Cc: lines.
> Therefore I hoped that mails sent to debian-user would also follow this
> approach, but it seems not to have been the case.
>
> I guess the only solution is to unsubscribe from debian-user when I go on
> holiday, or not read it at all from work (I probably shouldn't anyway),
> unless anyone knows of a way to persuade Outlook not to be so daft.
>
given that all of the time you thought you had to spare is about to be
claimed by the newborn, i just can't think of any adminishment that would be
fair. so, was it a girl or a boy?
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