So, a long known problem. How is the behemoth today? Nhs net I mean. On Sun, 24 May 2015 11:54 Trefor Roscoe <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I was in the audience and working for DNUK so it must have been 2000 > > > > Tref > > > > *From:* GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Adrian Midgley > *Sent:* 23 May 2015 22:55 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: Ken Holton > > > > In 2001 IIRC I set up the first of 3 annual clinical computing > conferences, in Exeter. > > To the first the IT Chief from Rolls Royce, an aeroengine etc company, > came and told the story of early days on the company worldwide network, > when someone bobbled it with an all points email, and others replied in > droves to it - replying to all ... > > I suspect out of office receipts are worse than useless - a live presence > indicator is one thing, but pointless traffic... > > Anyway, around Exeter, people were told, 14 years or so ago. > > > > On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:20 Trefor Roscoe <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > Oh and pinging nhs.net times out. The man may have broken it > > > > > > *From:* GP-UK [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Trefor Roscoe > *Sent:* 23 May 2015 18:48 > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Ken Holton > > > > An IT savvy (or so he says) GP in Coventry seems to have sent an e-mail to > everyone in the NHS on Friday evening. On his Linked in Profile > https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ken-holton/21/748/b50 he says he has been > part of a “notable number of firsts” > > > > He could be the first person to receive over a million Out of Office Auto > replies > > > > Trefor > >