>With MS Outlook, the message goes back to the original sender of the
message, and it
> usually doesn't end up going to all of the subscribers to the list.
AFAIK, if the list is configured "reply to: List, Ignore" the message
will go to the list.
>...set the user to NOMAIL. This would stop the subscriber from sending
email,
>but they would still receive messages from the list.
NOMAIL means they don't receive posts, which means their OOR won't be
triggered. Someone set to NOMAIL still can post, they don't receive
mail. :-) NOPOST is the opposite parameter.
Shannon :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Keller [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 10:18 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Preventing "Out of Office" Messages
Dave,
When it comes to Out-of-Office messages it's the email software
(Outlook, Pegasus,
etc) that determines how the vacation message is sent. With MS Outlook,
the message
goes back to the original sender of the message, and it usually doesn't
end up going to
all of the subscribers to the list. There are other email software
packages that send the
To: address (which would be the list address) or the Reply-To: address
(which can also
be the list address. This is when OOO messages get sent to subscribers.
There are a few things that you can do to prevent multiple vacation
messages from
being sent to the list. Once the first OOO message appears you can set
the user to
NOMAIL. This would stop the subscriber from sending email, but they
would still
receive messages from the list.
The other setting that can be made is to add a Confirm option in the
Send= keyword.
For example, if Send=Private, you can add Confirm to it to read
Send=Private,Confirm.
If a subscriber has a vacation message turned on, and it tries to go
back to the list,
LISTSERV will send a message to that subscriber asking him/her to
confirm the
message being sent. The downside to this is that all subscribers would
have to confirm
their messages in order for them to be delivered to the list.
I hope this help you out Dave.
Richard Keller
> Our subscribers get very upset when somebody turns on their "vacation"
> program and every message to the list results in an "out of office"
> message being sent to the entire list.
>
> I was always under the impression that it was a misbehaving "vacation"
> program that was the cause of this. But several subscribers state that
> "most other list I subscribe to has technology in place that will
> catch out-of-office messages."
>
> Is there something I can do with the list configuration to stop the
> distribution of these messages? The list is a discussion group, so it
> is set up in such a way that replies go to the list.
>
> If not, is there at least some specifics I can give my subscribers
> about why it is their fault that this is happening?
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