Subject: RE: signoff help

From: George Gallen <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 11:24:37 -0400

I think the problem here is:

Tawfik responded to someone else and that response
also went to all on the list, which unfortunatly
one of the list recipients is auto responding to
the sender and thus is the reason why no one else
would have received the "ad".

Possibly solution would be that in order to remain
on the list, to not have an auto responder on your
email, unless it's an "out of office" type response

George Gallen
[email-masked]

-----Original Message-----
From: Tawfik Daoud [mailto:[email-masked]]
Sent: Friday, October 23, 1998 11:07 AM
To: Pine Discussion Forum
Subject: Re: signoff help

I thought contributing in Pine info list should help people in promoting
their knowledge in using the Pine mailing software. But to exchange ads
whenever a contribution is made (such as the one I received below), let
me
think of how major-domo or whatever mailing lists software, the pine
developers are using, could stop this unsolicited activities?!? May be
someone should sit behind the wheel and try to filter those emails or
may
be excluding mails having such big words like SPECIALS .. RESERVATION ..
etc 
-Tawfik

On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, C & C Unlimited Travel & Events wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> C&C Unlimited Travel & Events has received your recent email.
> Thank you. We will handle your request accordingly.
> 
> Visit our website: http://www.ccunltd.com
> 
> ***********************
> SPECIALS
> ***********************
> 
> CARNIVAL FunShip
> "Winter Sale"
> 2-for-1
> 3, 4, and 7 day cruises
> Rates From Only $299 (Including port charges)
> 
> Make Your Reservations Today!@
> 
> Debora Ervin
> C&C Unlimited Travel & Events
> 2288 Gunbarrel Road
> Suite 111-130
> Chattanooga, TN  37421
> Toll Free: (800)301-7299 EX. 2
> Local: (423)697-7775 EX. 6003
> Fax: (423)622-8862
> Website: http://www.ccunltd.com
> 
> "Your Personal Consultants to the World"
> 
> 

_______________________________________
Tawfik H. Daoud
Cyber Mania - Internet Service Provider
68, Avenue Mohamed V,
93000 Tetouan, Morocco
Telephone: +212.9.704987
Fax: +212.9.965883
E-mail: [email-masked]
http://www.cybermania.net.ma

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From: Ian Hall-Beyer <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 09:32:53 -0600 (MDT)

> email, unless it's an "out of office" type response

I personally want to brutally bludgeon people that have autoresponders on
when they go away for extended periods of time. I subscribe to many lists,
and I must get 3 or 4 "Out of Office" messages ON LISTS every week. There
is a very simple solution to that:

1) Sign off the list for the duration of your absence. Firstly, the list
won't be nailed with a "I'm on vacation" message every time someone posts
to it, and secondly, your inbox won't be so cluttered when you get back.

2) DON'T USE AN AUTORESPONDER. Most likely the people that send you
important mail ALREADY KNOW that you're not there and won't try to email
you. You can pretty much dismiss the rest of the mail you get as
unimportant. Send it to /dev/null. Stuff like "there's a meeting today"
isn't really pertinent to you while you're away, is it?

My $0.02.

-Ian

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From: "Aaron S. Hawley" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 12:41:11 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)

> email, unless it's an "out of office" type response

the greatest part i must add again is that the person sending the ad,
witht he auto responder, wants to know how to use an autoresponder when
she goes on vacation.  i think the word here is irony.

aaron

again

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From: Debora Ervin <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 12:58:11 -0400

Actually Aaron vacation is not what I was going to use the auto responder
for, if you must know. I want to automatically respond to my clients only.
This is why I was looking for a program that I could setup just to sent out
to certain people and not to email one who sends me email.....as it seems
to do at this time. As a business person, I like to use my resources
wisely. And you guys are great....now where are these faq that everyone is
talking about?

Debora

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From: "Aaron S. Hawley" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 13:19:46 -0400 (EDT)

here's the faq deb

http://www.washington.edu/pine/faq/

Aaron S. Hawley
[email-masked]
802.656.7396
http://www.uvm.edu/~ashawley
Vergennes, VT, US

Pine 3.96 E-Mailer on UVM Zoo Unix Cluster
http://www.washington.edu/pine

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From: Ted Rolle <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 10:46:16 -0700 (PDT)

> for, if you must know. I want to automatically respond to my clients only.

Are you using PC-pine?  Under unix 'procmail' and/or/ 'sendmail' might do
the trick.  But they are not for the faint-of-heart.