[freetds] auto-responders and the mailing list

James K. Lowden jklowden at freetds.org
Fri May 18 18:42:36 EDT 2007


vadakkan wrote:
> my blackberry is going crazy with this away message! can someone please
> remove this guy!!!!!

Wow, 5 exclamations points.  Now that's emphasis!  ;-)

I set the gentleman's account not to receive mail and asked him to look
into it. 

Many people make the mistake of including the ML on their "out of office"
auto-replies.  The ones you see on the list are only those the regex
filter doesn't catch.  Our friend made that mistake while also being the
victim of a particularly -- um, "stupid" would seem to be a right word --
auto-responder.  

I only hope this episode will serve as a reminder to a few others.  Sorry
if it sounds like a lectuire.  

	"A fool learns from his mistakes.  A wise man learns from others'."
	-- Benjamin Franklin

--jkl


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