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10:54:57 on Fri, 18 Feb 2005, "Smith, Tony"
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>Friday question. I have given no-one on this list permission to e-mail
>me to tell me that that they are out of the office. In fact, the list
>owners and others have frequently given directions about how to suspend
>e-mails. It is quite easy to suspend the list. When I send this
>message I will receive several messages such as the one below. Are the
>senders breaching the DPA by sending unsolicited e-mails to me telling
>me that they are away?
Holiday messages are such a common feature of mailing lists that I
expect there's some sort of implied consent involved. Just like there's
implied consent to receiving "bounce" messages if you email someone
whose account has been terminated (their erstwhile email admin isn't
spamming you when he says they've gone away).
However, a properly set up holiday message should only send it once, to
each recipient, per holiday period. This is broken for at least one of
the current batch of people on holiday.
--
Roland Perry
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