> Can I add to the sentiments below: folks could suspend mailbase lists while on
> holiday. They could still use their acknowledgement facility, but it wouldn't
> disturb the larger community. If the person below is away until August, their
> messages are going to be a pain for lots of us posting to lis-link. It is in
> order for the lis-link moderator to set the suspend for them?
> Barbara
>
>
> > I posted a message earlier today and received 6 separate "receipt
> > acknowledgements" from people who had gone on holiday. (Presumably the same
> > is happening to everyone who posts a message to the list.) One even
> > helpfully read:
> >
> > > I'm in BC Lagos until August. ...
> > > Your email has been DELETED
> >
> > I thought that all such messages were meant to go to the Return-path:
> > address (ie lis-link-request) rather than to the Reply-to: address. In any
> > event it is annoying, so please could people not turn the automatic replying
> > software on when they go on holiday...
>
>
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