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Subject: Re: list policies about vacation programs
From: johnl @ iecc . com (John R. Levine)
Organization: I.E.C.C., Trumansburg NY USA
Date: 13 Aug 2003 23:59:13 -0000
To: list-managers @ greatcircle . com
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In-reply-to: <4.3.2.7.2.20030813174412.0308dd20@mail.rixlists.net>
Newsgroups: iecc.lists.list-managers
References: <Pine.OSX.4.56.0308131028470.516@betty.goldmark.private> <6.0.0.10.0.20030813075308.046d67a0@127.0.0.1> <6.0.0.10.0.20030813075308.046d67a0@127.0.0.1>


> I spoke with one systems administrator who said that my messages
> were being received with PRECEDENCE=NORMAL, and the sysadmin uses
> that to gauge who gets an auto-responder.

I'm glad that sysadmin doesn't get to mess with any of the computers
around here.

The rule of thumb that Bernie and I have mentioned, only respond to
mail that has your address on the To: or Cc: line, has been well known
for literally 20 years.  This particular wheel really doesn't need
reinventing, particularly in view of how badly most people do so.






-- 
John R. Levine, IECC, POB 727, Trumansburg NY 14886 +1 607 330 5711
johnl@iecc.com, Village Trustee and Sewer Commissioner, http://iecc.com/johnl, 
Member, Provisional board, Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-mail


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