Re: [IUG] Out of Office Season

[Phil Shirley <phil at innovativeusers dot org>]

Said,

Great suggestion.  Here it is:

The list currently has several thousand subscribers, and that is 
potentially a lot of people to annoy if your vacation message propagates 
back to the list. (Not to mention the fact that you can cause a mail 
loop with yourself by replying to your own vacation message.)  A 
vacation reply program should only reply to messages sent directly to 
the recipient (e.g., the "To:" header is your e-mail address), not to 
mail messages sent through e-mail lists. It should reply with a
"Precedence: bulk" header so other automated tools will not reply to it. 
And it should never reply to a given individual more than once.

If you are uncertain whether your vacation message obeys these rules, it 
is a good idea to unsubscribe or set your list options to "nomail" to 
eliminate the possibility of your message going where you don't intend. 
You can accomplish both by visiting your list options page:

<http://innopacusers.org/mailman/listinfo/innopac>

Enter your email address at the bottom of this page and click the 
"Unsubscribe or Edit Options" button to change to "nomail", get your 
list password, or unsubscribe from the list.

While you are there, check to see whether the list thinks your address 
is the same as you think it is. We get a LOT of messages from list 
members who try to post with an address different from the one the list 
has for your membership. If your library has changed mail machines or 
addresses on you over the past year, or, you use an email alias, your 
list address needs to reflect that change or your postings will be held 
for verification.

Thanks for your assistance in keeping the INNOPAC list a clean and tidy 
place and many good wishes for a wonderful holiday season!

Phil

Phil Shirley, IUG list manager
phil at innovativeusers dot org

said shafik wrote:
> Please,
>  
> HAPPY HOLIDAYS
>  
> I hope list manager reminds every one of how to take care of "out of office" reply rule before going on vacation.
>  
>  
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Said Shafik Library Systems Manager Drexel University Libraries Philadelphia, PA 19104-2875 Phone: 215.895.1832 Fax: 215.895.2070 http://www.library.drexel.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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