[SI-LIST] Re: list etiquett
- From: "Matthias Mansfeld" <m.mansfeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:41:28 +0100
On 12 Feb 2008 at 9:37, David Instone wrote:
I see ONE little (maybe helpful, maybe dangerous) option what the
list owner could do:
By default, the reply-to seems to be set to the original sender of
the mails, thus, a "well configured" out-of-office-autoresponder will
send it directly to the list.
If the reply-to would set to the list address, these out-of-office-
mails would go mostly directly back to the list and must be filtered
by the listserver itself (necessary for survival - without any
filtering this would end up with a lovely mail-loop).
Means also, the list members must change their way how to answer.
Currently they have to set manually the list address if the reply is
for the complete list, after this change the replies would go by
default to the whole list.
> Dougs problem seems to be that he has to download the mail and or the
> headers before he can filter them and on a slow connection that can
> take forever, and if he can't delete them on the server then they get
> down loaded which takes even longer. Thus he can't read his important
> mail until all 'our' spam has been downloaded.
>
> Regards
> Dave Instone
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>
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>
>
>
> 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 to do, 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, so this is a good solution for me. YMMV, of course.
> >
> > Doug Smith <doug@xxxxxxxxxx> 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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