RE: [FW1] What is wong with this mailinglist!!!!

[Sid Van den Heede <sidv@FW1-NOSPAMopentext.com>]

Sorry, but the real problem is stupid Microsoft Out of Office "Assistant".  If
they had implemented it properly, like the vacation message on UNIX systems, we
wouldn't have any of this crap.  How is a mailing list program supposed to
distinguish an out of office message from one with real content with 100%
accuracy?  There's no standard for that, such as a standard header.

Real vacation programs respond only to e-mail that is specifically addressed to
the recipient.  You should never see such a message from me, because messages
from this list aren't addressed to me.  They're addressed to
fw-1-mailinglist...

Now, it shouldn't be beyond Microsoft's capabilities to do the same thing.
Right? :-)  Of course, it's closed source software, and their priorities lie
elsewhere, so I guess we just have to deal with it like we deal with SPAM.
Just ignore it and get on with life.  There are plenty of more serious
annoyances that need to be dealt with.

On Wed, 8 Aug 2001, Jonas Thambert wrote:

> Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 11:55:42 +0200
> From: Jonas Thambert <JonasT@guld.spray.se>
> To: "'Jorn.Dahl-Stamnes@novit.no'" <Jorn.Dahl-Stamnes@novit.no>,
>      fw-1-mailinglist@beethoven.us.checkpoint.com
> Subject: RE: [FW1] What is wong with this mailinglist!!!!
>
>
> Well, great thing to have a out-of-office reply.
>
> Then you know that the admin is gone, no one to watch the logs and
> take action.
>
>
> /Jonas
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jorn.Dahl-Stamnes@novit.no [mailto:Jorn.Dahl-Stamnes@novit.no]
> Sent: den 6 augusti 2001 08:34
> To: fw-1-mailinglist@beethoven.us.checkpoint.com
> Subject: RE: [FW1] What is wong with this mailinglist!!!!
>
>
>
> I am/have been a member of other mailing lists that excluded all users who
> sendt a "out of office" message to the list.
>
> An idea for this list??
>
> ---
> Jørn Yngve Dahl-Stamnes
> EDB Teamco, Trondheim
> Jorn.Dahl-Stamnes@novit.no
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Etts, Russell [mailto:REtts@harman.com]
> > Sent: 16. juli 2001 22:02
> > To: 'EriK W'; fw-1-mailinglist@beethoven.us.checkpoint.com
> > Subject: RE: [FW1] What is wong with this mailinglist!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi there
> >
> > Actually, it's not the mailing list - people have their Out
> > Of Office (OOF)
> > set to send out to the internet, and they should not.
> >
> > Hope that helps you.
> >
> > Russell
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: EriK W [mailto:bopew2000@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Friday, July 13, 2001 4:06 PM
> > To: fw-1-mailinglist@beethoven.us.checkpoint.com
> > Subject: [FW1] What is wong with this mailinglist!!!!
> >
> >
> >
> > Yesterday I sent one email to the mailing list, and I got one
> > reply, but
> > 22 stupid "Out of office" bouced emails!!!
> >
> > What is the matter of this mailing list!!!
> >
> >
> >
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