Re: [MLUG] Out-off-office replies -- ARGH!!

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Fri, 6 Jul 2001, Aaron Littich wrote:

> Today is July 6, tony gets back july 30, think of all the messages his
> little automatic out-of-office replies system is going to send to
> everyone who sends a message to EMAIL:PROTECTED (you will
> know what i'm talking about eventually)


I've been recommending a fix to this (see earlier messages appended
below).  I think it will help.  Can our listserver software add a line
like this...

Precedence: bulk

...in the mail header?  I think it stops autoreplies.  In majordomo, you
have to use "-p bulk" as a resend option.  (Are we using majordomo?)

Mike


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Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 21:05:13 -0500 (CDT)
From: Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
Subject: Re: [MLUG] Out Of Office Autoreply

Don't most mail programs detect something like "Precedence: Bulk" in a
mail header, and then cancel autoreply?  Well, they are supposed to detect
something that indicates the sender is using a distribution list.  Is the
MLUG list adding that sort of thing in the header?

Mike


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Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 16:41:26 -0600 (CST)
From: Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
To: MLUG membership <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Subject: precedence of list messages

When I send a message to the list, I get back autoreplies from a member or
two telling me that they're out of town.  I think most mail software will
not autoreply to messages from e-mail lists.  I also think that the mail
software looks for "Precedence: bulk" in the header.  Is that how they do
it?  If so, should our list include "Precedence: bulk" in the header?

Mike

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Michael B. Miller
University of Missouri--Columbia
http://taxa.psyc.missouri.edu/~mbmiller/

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