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