Regarding Intro's & Auto Replies
Justin J. Lister (ruf@osiris.cs.uow.edu.au)
Tue, 28 Mar 1995 22:51:01 +1000 (EST)
The topics of Introductions and Auto Replying has often been discussed
on the list, which is not appropriate. Concern about such issues
should be directed to the list owner <ids-owner@uow.edu.au>.
Introductions: They are often interesting to read and often lead to
closer contact between list subscribers. While it probably wouldn't
hurt to mention in the ids info (sent when joining) to ask users to
use ``Introduction'' in the subject. However, as most often occurs
asking subscribers to perform some particular action/activity usually
results in them NOT (Maybe Murphies Laws explain this bizzare
behaviour ?).
Auto-Replies: (Reply-to: fields) This feature is *highlighted* in the
ids introductory information. The fact is that most often mail will be
directed back to the list (also having the reply to saves the original
author from recieving 2 copies as would typically reply to the author
and cc: to the list). This feature has both supporters and detractors.
Think how boring life would be if we all agreed on the same way of
doing things, so think of this as keeping your life interesting (also
keeps you thinking so remember dont blindly reply to mail.) B)
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