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Re: It's almost like Mail Bombing...
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lugnet.admin.general
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Thu, 6 Sep 2001 11:45:40 GMT
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message
news:GI9ztw.9KG@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.admin.general, Dean Husby writes:
> > Whenever I post to some groups I get hit with a barrage of "Out of the
> > office" and "Undeliverable Mail" replies to my personal mail box. This
> > is VERY annoying. Is there any way we can do something about this?
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> The groups gated to mailing lists are the worst for this. (for example
> lugnet.robotics)
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> There is not much to do about undeliverable mail as a person but I have a
> canned note saved that suggests that people ought to turn off their
> subscriptions or train their mail clients better if they go away for
> extended periods and use out of office mechanisms(1). I send that note to
> each and every one I get. Doesn't help me much but may help the next guy
> down the line.
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> I wonder if there is a way to handle this administratively? Pair networks
> sends out a periodic test message to its mailing lists once a quarter or • so
> that flushes out the undeliverables (but doesn't help with vacation • mailers
> unless they are on at the time)
Perhaps it could, if it is not already, be mentioned in the TOS. I just
enrolled with a work related list which make this point:
=+=
Finally there are some irksome obligations on the part of subscribers that
you should know about. In particular you alone are responsible for
maintaining your subscription. This applies especially to students: kindly
sign off before your subscribed email address becomes defunct or your
mailbox fills. Also please do not use any automatic replies as they go to
the entire list (potentially about 1000 busy folks).
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The extent of how annoying this is, is mirrored by the fact that the above
is about the only terms the list has other than non-spamming of the group.
Scott A
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> 1 - I personally never use them on real emails (I do on client email • systems
> when I leave but I would never subscribe to a mailing list from a client's
> email) so I don't have a lot of sympathy. I read my mail every day, just
> about, vacation or no.
>
> ++Lar
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| (...) The groups gated to mailing lists are the worst for this. (for example lugnet.robotics) There is not much to do about undeliverable mail as a person but I have a canned note saved that suggests that people ought to turn off their subscriptions (...) (23 years ago, 18-Aug-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
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