Lesha & I have sent many reminders over the years (and it's amazing to me that some people are in jobs where they need to set an auto-reply for being out of the office for a teabreak). Now more people use MS Outlook it's just too easy to set an auto reply, but we do change 'offenders' list settings to nomail wherever possible.
So here's another reminder for those of you about to go on holiday:
You can suspend your email in various ways:
To suspend mail from lis-cilip-reg ONLY
> send the following command to: [log in to unmask]
>
> set lis-cilip-reg nomail
>
> To suspend mail from all JISCmail lists you are subscribed to
> send the following command to: [log in to unmask]
>
> set * nomail
>
> When you return from the holidays
> send the following command to [log in to unmask]
>
> set lis-cilip-reg mail
>
> OR
>
> set * mail
>
OR:
Point your browser at
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/LIS-CILIP-REG.html
Choose 'Join or leave the list (or change settings)'
Scroll down the page to Miscellaneous and tick the box next to 'Mail delivery disabled temporarily'
You can also choose the subscribers corner from the main jiscmail page, which will allow you to pick your favourite lists so that they are automatically displayed when you go to
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/
Don't forget that you can check the list archives to see what's been happening during your holiday.
And it may sound dumb, but do turn off your out-of-office reply when you get back to work!
Rowena (co-listowner)
-----Original Message-----
From: Wendy Harrisson [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 15 July 2003 16:38
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Out-of-office replies
I know I'm going to regret posting this, but, please, please can people on
the list suspend themselves from the mailing list when they go on holiday,
or, if not, don't set up out-of-office replies, which get sent to everyone
on the list!
I'm sure I'm not alone in wishing I didn't have to keep deleting huge
swathes of my inbox? List owners, can you do something please?
Sadly, in my experience of mailing lists, librarians are some of the worst
offenders...
Wendy
(going to unplug my computer straight after sending this so I don't have to
watch the "out of office" replies pouring in!)
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