I blame David Dawson for sending the "SEPIA Conference" message in the first place.... :) Dr Matthew Stiff Head of Standards mda, 19 Riverside Road, Oxford, OX2 0HT Tel: +44 (0)1865 200561 Fax: +44 (0)870 054 7783 Mobile: +44 (0)7939 151510 e-mail: [log in to unmask] URL: www.mda.org.uk 24 Hour Museum: www.24hourmuseum.org.uk > -----Original Message----- > From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On > Behalf Of Prof Bruce Royan > Sent: 13 April 2000 16:00 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Unlucky Jim... > > > Poor Jim thought he'd use some neat software to let > correspondents know he > was away. Instead, he caused the dreaded "vacation loop" and stuffed > everyone's mailbox full of gargbage. > If you don't want to end up as roadkill on the information > superhighway, > remember before you go away to temporarily SUSPEND messages from > your Mailbase lists by sending a message to > [log in to unmask] with > the command: > > suspend mail all > stop > > On your return, you can RESUME mail by sending a message to > [log in to unmask] with the command > > resume mail all > stop > > For more information, see: http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/docs/suspend.html > > Remember, you can use the web archives to catch up on any > messages you may > have missed. Alternatively you can retrieve old email > archives by email. > > > Prof Bruce Royan, CEO, SCRAN (Scottish Cultural Resources > Access Network) > http://www.scran.ac.uk/ tel (+44) 131 662 1211 fax(+44) > 131 662 1511 > > On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Jim O'Donnell wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm away until Wednesday 26 April. I'll reply to your > e-mail as soon as I can after I get back. > > > > Regards > > > > Jim > > > >