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[Doug Smith <doug@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Kim and the group,

A significant number of the out-of-office replies come with enough
differencethat they end up in more than one mail box after filtering. If I
amin a hotel where the Internet access is not all that fast all the o-o-f
replies can take significant time. During peak hours at some hotels,
messagescome in at one per few seconds.

BTW, I was at Oxford University recently teaching my short courses and was
staying in the Rewley House dorm. One of my downloads of a large file came
inat 43 Mbits/sec! That is many times faster than anything in the US and
faster than most home routers can even handle. I wish hotels were that fast.

Doug

Kim Helliwell wrote:
Or, you could just set your mail filter to trash "out of office" replies. 

You might be right that shutting off the list while gone is a polite thing
todo, but expecting the whole list to comply with that restriction is
probably unrealistic. My approach to this only requires a behavior change
(and a one-time one at that) on my part, but greatly enhances my chances of
remaining sane and placid.

I almost never need to see an "out of office" reply, even from co-workers,
sothis is a good solution for me. YMMV, of course.

Doug Smith <doug@xxxxxxxxxx>[1] wrote: Hi All,
I would post more often (now only once or twice a month) except for the 
large number of emails I get from inconsiderate list members who have 
their mail servers send out thousands of "out of the office" emails. I 
have attached a screen shot of just a fraction of the messages I just 
received. It is a simple procedure to sign off the list while on 
vacation and then reinstate the subscription afterwards. I think people 
who do not do this be barred from the list. Any thoughts?

Doug

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