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Subject:Re: ADMIN QUESTION: Etiquette and autoreplies. From:Matt Ion <soundy -at- MAIL -dot- BC -dot- ROGERS -dot- WAVE -dot- CA> Date:Sat, 3 Jan 1998 14:11:03 -0800
On Fri, 2 Jan 1998 18:23:56 EST, JIMCHEVAL wrote:
>It could be argued that this auto-response mechanism (which I too find
>inconvenient) is actually polite, since e-mail has been known to disappear and
>at least an auto-response reassures people that the mail has been received.
That's fine for responses to direct, personal email. But if you must
leave such a responder answering your mail, please have the courtesy to
unsubscribe or put on hold your mailing lists until you return...
otherwise people posting to the list will get messages from your
auto-responder.
Your friend and mine,
Matt
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