Dear all
At the risk of prolonging the discussion, I am really sorry people are so
upset by receiving all the OOO messages.
Personally I may be horrified by the number of emails when I return from
being away but it is wonderful therapy to delete them in rows when they are
simply ooo messages. In fact it takes less time than disengaging from the
list before setting 'out of the office'in the first place.
Please can we try to be a bit more tolerant of this together? We are all
overloaded and stressed out (especially before going on leave!) and before
being away from the office for a few days there are already loads of tasks
to do. Not everyone will remember or have time to unsubscribe from all
their lists every time and I hope we would not try to shame offenders or
exclude them as a result.
Thanks all!
Liz Dubber
Gloucestershire
-----Original Message-----
From: Penny Garrod [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 21 August 2002 09:50
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: out-of-office replies to lists
Dear list members
as this topic has come up on a couple of lists within the last two days.
I would like to remind list members that before going on leave they should
take action to prevent the much loved out-of-office replies being generated
by email systems.
You have two options -
1) using rules to control the autoreplies (you may not have this facility -
local authorities have a variety of different email systems so no simple one
size fits all answer to this)
2) temporarily suspend receipt of mail
To suspend or leave this list go to the JISC mail web interface and click on
this link:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/LIS-PUB-LIBS.html
This takes you to the Archives page for the list - select the 'join/leave
the list' option (third button down) and enter your email address. Select
the leave list option - it is straightforward and only takes a couple of
minutes
You will need to rejoin when you return from leave.
Alternatively - select the *nomail *option at the bottom of the options -
this will suspend mail (you will still need to enter your email address) -
again you will need to go to the interface on return to reset this to resume
mail.
I shall be on leave from 23rd August to 2nd September 2003 and will not be
around to deal with any problems. In the meantime for general information
about using Jiscmail lists see:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/docs/user-ref-card.htm
I have copied the following from the Jisc pages for those of you who prefer
to use email to suspend mail - this enables you to unsubscribe from one or
all Jiscmail lists using commands (you will need to remove your signature
if automatically added if using this option):
User Settings
Suspend email from a list (useful when you go on holiday).
set LISTNAME nomail
Suspend email from ALL lists
set * nomail
Resume email from a list
set LISTNAME mail
Resume email from ALL lists
set * mail
Regards,
Penny Garrod
Public Library Networking Focus
UKOLN
University of Bath BA2 7AY
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 386711
Fax: +44 (0) 1225 385105
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