Mon, 22 May 1995 19:37:00 EDT
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Some weeks ago, I had posted an article asking what listowners did,
or recommended be done, when they went on vacations. Although there's
nothing revolutionary in any of this, here's the promised summary,
paraphrased by me. Thanks to all who responded.
1. RECRUIT: Recruit a replacement listowner, preferably trained ahead
of time, so you never get into a situation like this.
2. IGNORE: Just go away and enjoy your vacation--the world won't come
to an end. That is, as long as your own system can handle the large
number of error messages that will continue to accumulate if the problem
addresses remain undeleted (i.e., you don't have a quota on your
mailbox). Helps if you can direct the "Errors-To=" to some alternate
address where you don't get normal mail, so you can throw away the
mess when you return.
3. DISCARD (EXPLICITLY): Similar to 2, except you explicitly arrange for
the messages to be discarded right away. "Errors-To= None" is not
permitted by recent versions of listserv; the recommended way is to
set "Error-To= <some local address that the postmaster has set up as
a throwaway address>". This also ensures that the postmaster is aware
of the unattended list, in case a problem develops.
Disclaimer: I don't recommended any of the approaches per se (though
(1) does seem the most responsible)--I'm just relaying the types of
responses I got. (I'll be using (2).)
Shahrukh Merchant
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