We are moving off topic here, but my advice is never put an out of office
reply on at all, ever. People you know will know you are away, people who
don't and feel they must contact can always resort to the phone.
Where non-anonymous e-mails are used I always feel it's akin to hanging a
big sign on your front door saying "Postie don't put these letters through
my letter box as I'm away". Opens the door (literally) to all sorts of
predator.
JMHO.
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jethro R Binks
Sent: 28 June 2004 09:24
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [data-protection] Vacations and NOMAIL
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004, Roland Perry wrote:
> Meanwhile, you can filter all the Helenaic emails into a separate
> folder, or avoid auto-replying to them yourself, if you set up a rule
> to spot header lines like:
>
> "Return-path: <>"
Offtopic for this list, however:
This is the wrong fix, even if it works, and will cause other problems.
The real fix is for the list operators to unsubscribe the guilty party, and
for everyone else to learn to use deficient auto-reply mechanisms, or
clients with them. Broken autoresponders are not acceptable on any email
list.
Meantime, all posters (I guess I will get one soon too) know Helena is away,
probably where she works, when she's back, and that her office and home are
likely unattended. If you're feeling malicious and you know she's the only
person who deals with SARs or FoI requests, it suppose it would be a good
opportunity to stick one or two in and have maybe a week or two of the time
limit pass before she even gets to look at them.
Jethro.
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Jethro R Binks
Computing Officer, IT Services
University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
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