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Administrivia: Out of office replies, faulty configuration and software
From: Andrew van der Stock <vanderaj () greebo net>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 18:22:42 +1100
Hi there,We are approaching the end of the year, and that means lots of folks taking a well-deserved break. If you're lucky enough to be taking a break over the forthcoming holiday season, and if you have e-mail software that sends Out of Office notifications to mail lists, I'd really appreciate if you could unsubscribe for the duration of your break, and re-subscribe when you get back. The archives can be found at http://www.securityfocus.com/archive
In other matters, I've noticed a dramatic increase in faulty software barraging posters and me alike with useless and annoying messages. If your e-mail is processed by faulty software or configuration, such as:
* replying to the list address, rather than obeying the Return-Path header - when something goes wrong - I hate rejecting messages like this - they are worse than spam as no one seems to answer them or
fix the problems.* creates useless and repetitive notifications to *me* and the *sender* of the messages when something goes wrong - I don't care if X has a full mailbox every five minutes. Turn down the amount of these messages or turn them off
* if you run a distribution list on behalf of a number of users... and one or more of those members goes missing - The entire distribution list will be removed. Maintain your distribution lists - it's not much to ask
then your subscription to this list will be terminated. I don't like doing this, but it's necessary as we're getting to roughly 30 rejections per message submission which is making posting here less than friendly.
Anyway, if I don't post again before the end of the year, tick as many of the following that takes your fancy:
[ ] Happy holidays [ ] Happy Kwanzaa [ ] (US) National Lemon Cup Cake Day* [ ] Happy Hanukah [ ] Happy {winter, summer} solstice [ ] Merry Christmas and Happy New Year [ ] Happy New Year [ ] Party! Party! Partay! I hope I haven't missed any! :) Anyway, have fun and be safe. thanks, Andrew * I am not making this one up.
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