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  Re: Auto-reply on admin accounts@lugnet.com
 
(...) Well, what about this: if the email doesn't bounce it got there. Does email ever get just lost? Knowing that my message reached Suz's inbox doesn't tell me that she read it. Perhaps a "I read your message" standard reply would be ok, but IMO (...) (23 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
 
  Re: Auto-reply on admin accounts@lugnet.com
 
(...) Perhaps it could have helped prevent the latest flamewar in that Eric might not have posted so quickly nor as aggressively. Think of it as a reminder that the admins have other things to do. Something simple to help keep heads cool. Jude (23 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
 
  Re: Auto-reply on admin accounts@lugnet.com
 
(...) If you find messages not being answered, you can always set the "notify when delivered" and/or "notify when read" flag on the email. ROSCO (23 years ago, 9-May-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)
 
  Re: Auto-reply on admin accounts@lugnet.com
 
(...) which would only work if the reciever end is set up to reply to those - which most mail servers do not... I guess the only real way to be sure it hasn't been lost (somewhere in the folders of mail) is to ping (politely) after a reasonable (...) (23 years ago, 10-May-02, to lugnet.admin.suggestions)

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