On Fri, 6 Aug 1999, Pete Weiss wrote:
> At 19:59 08/05/1999 Thursday , Angus wrote:
> >> - SET them to NOMAIL when their OOO message goes to
> >> the list
> >
> >We do this.. plus NOPOST .. people forget.. they just forget so we never
> >NUKE them.
>
> We sometimes do that too. An added side benefit of the NOPOST is that
> then upon their return, can not broadcast a message to the list, "why
> aren't I getting mail?" or "why did you do this?"
When most of your subscribers are lurkers and the only time you hear
from them is when they have/cause a problem NOPOST ain't going to get
their attention.
> Alternatively, sometimes we set them DIGEST.
That will get their attention, unless, of course, they are already DIGEST.
Douglas