[wplug] mail autoresponders (vacation messages)

[Bill Moran]

Tom Rhodes <trhodes at FreeBSD.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 15:24:12 +0000
> duncanhutty at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> > Personally, I dislike them in general and think that they are a
> > significant discourtesy in the circumstance you describe. However,
> > when the customer requires a feature, I explain my opinions and allow
> > them to decide.
> > 
> > In their defence I would say that very few if any of the likely users
> > subscribe to any mailing lists. Where do they learn anything? Sometimes
> > I wonder whether they do.
> 
> Guess this can be lived with then.  I just hate getting the
> occasional "out of town" message over mailing lists.

There _are_ autoresponders available that detect mailing list traffic
and don't respond it it.

Which is all the more reason why I get so upset when people autorespond
to mailing lists.

-- 
Bill Moran
Potential Technologies
http://www.potentialtech.com