Hi all
Earlier this year I had some complaints from members about the
number of 'Out of Office' (OOO) replies that were making it through
to
the list. Since then JISCmail has upgraded to the latest version of
LISTSERV software and the new version gives more control over
such
things. I've put in a content filter that should stop most OOO
messages. However, I'm concerned that it may occasionally block
legitimate messages. If anyone has a valid posting returned to them
with a message saying it was identified as an Out of Office reply,
please contact me with a copy of the returned message.
Below is a summary of what you need to know about OOO replies.
1. Many mailers support OOO replies that recognise when a
message comes from a mailing list and send the OOO message to
the original poster, not the mailing list. However, this needs
configuring by the mail system administrator. If your system doesn't
do this, a word with your support people may be needed.
2. When you post a message to Geo-tectonics you should expect
that you, personally, will receive OOO messages from members who
have
the facility activated. This is as it should be (see point 1 above)
and there's nothing that JISCmail or I could do to change it.
However,
the individual members could, see point 3.
3. When you know that you are going to be away from your mail for
more
than a couple of days, it's worth setting your Geo-tectonics delivery
options to NOMAIL. To do this visit the Geo-tectonics homepage at
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/geo-tectonics.html
and follow the 'Join or leave the JISCmail list (or change settings)'
and then the 'click here to view and change your current options'
links. The first time that you do this you will be prompted to set up
a password to protect your settings. In the Miscellaneous section
you
will see the option to temporarily suspend mail delivery (NOMAIL).
With this set, your OOO replies will not be triggered and so can't end
up either on the list or irritating individual members.
Cheers
John
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John Whalley
Lecturer in Structural Geology and Computer Applications in
Geology
List owner - geo-tectonics
(http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/geo-tectonics.html)
Tel +44 23 9284 2247 Fax +44 23 9284 2244
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Portsmouth
Portsmouth, PO1 3QL, UK Email- [log in to unmask]
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