Re: [Fed-Talk] Re: Fed-talk Digest, & OOO messages
Re: [Fed-Talk] Re: Fed-talk Digest, & OOO messages
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Re: Fed-talk Digest, & OOO messages
- From: Lewis Bean <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 16:02:45 -0500
Exchange is smart enough to only send out one out of office notice, so it
doesn't flood the email system in a never ending loop. In prior email
systems I would also add a rule so that an OOO message would only go back to
people who specifically addressed me with their email. Outlook has such a
rule, but I think that you have to turn off the standard out of office
handler to make it work.
Lewis Bean
GTSI Apple Government Sales Team
On 1/3/05 3:52 PM, "Brian Raymond" <email@hidden> wrote:
> I mentioned that some lists kick users off but I didn't mean that's what
> I think should be done in this case.
>
> An addition to the FAQ or Terms and Conditions would make users aware of
> the possible issues it causes and hopefully they might think about how
> they to better handle the notification problem.
>
> - Brian
>
> Michael Pike wrote:
>> Even if there was a policy, I do not think it would help, as the OOO
>> notifications are an automatic part of Exchange. I do not think you
>> can turn them off for a specific user. And kicking the user off would
>> probably weaken the cause of the list.
>>
>> It might be possible to implement a filter looking for the subject, but
>> not everyone has to use the canned subject for the OOO reply either...
>> which would make a filter not fool prof.
>>
>> I do not use the OOO so I can't really answer... when I leave town, I
>> prefer people to wait in suspense - and just when they get ticked at me
>> because they think I ignore them, I write back... if people know you're
>> out, they know you can't act, then who knows what could happen. "Less
>> is more" I always say.... then again, maybe I am paranoid :)
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> On Jan 3, 2005, at 1:27 PM, Brian Raymond wrote:
>>
>>> All of these 'out of office" notifications bring up a question I had.
>>> I notice Apple doesn't prohibit them as some other lists I frequent
>>> do but it's considered poor etiquette to allow "out of office"
>>> notifications to be sent to mailing lists one is subscribed to. It's
>>> real fun on the ones I'm on who have thousands of people and can
>>> become a real problem.
>>>
>>> Is it possible to add something to your FAQ? Or a note in your Terms
>>> and Conditions about it?
>>>
>>> - Brian
>>>
>>>
>>> - Brian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> email@hidden wrote:
>>>
>>>> I will be out of the office the week of January 3-7, 2005 and will
>>>> return to work on January 10. Thank you. Ted Whetstone
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