[OSList] Sorry lucy - I had to unsubscribe you

[Michael Herman]

adding to koos' tip...

for gmail users, if you get multiple messages from the same sender, gmail
will automatically send only one autoreply to that address every four days.
 additionally, gmail offers an optional checkbox when you set up the
autoreply, so that your message only goes to addresses in your "MyContacts"
list.  in my account, the oslist address is not listed in my contacts, but
rather in 'other contacts.'

another option, if you must use an autoreply and can't sort these various
details for excluding the oslist, is to set up a list-only address with
gmail or another free service.  you can have your oslist mail forwarded to
your main address by your new list-only email account.  if you leave your
main address subscribed to the oslist, but on 'no mail' then you'll still
be able to send messages/replies from your main address (instead of being
rejected as a non-listmember).

AND... the easiest option is to teach all your friends and colleagues and
clients that whenever you reply to their message will be the right time...
and just forget about using autoreply altogether!

michael


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http://MichaelHerman.com
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On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Koos de Heer <koos at auryn.nl> wrote:

> Hi Harold and all****
>
> ** **
>
> If you create and automated reply in Outlook there is an easy way to
> prevent this from happening. And that is to tell the Out of office
> assistant to only send the message *once* to each email adres. Subsequent
> mails from the same person will not receive the automated reply.****
>
> ** **
>
> Cheers,****
>
>
> Koos****
>
> ** **
>
> *Van:* oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org [mailto:
> oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *Namens *Harold Shinsato
> *Verzonden:* woensdag 13 februari 2013 20:40
> *Aan:* OSLIST
> *Onderwerp:* [OSList] Sorry lucy - I had to unsubscribe you****
>
> ** **
>
> Dear OSList,
>
> So sorry for the multiple automated reply spam. And thank you Peggy Holman
> for calling me about it!
>
> There's no way I can think of to prevent such replies, and replies to
> replies, and replies to replies to replies - from filling up the list
> without unsubscribing lucy at pocketarts.org.
>
> If you know Lucy - please send her my apologies when she gets back. I'll
> send her a note as well separately - but it may get lost in all the
> automated replies she has in her inbox.
>
> As warning - if you plan on setting up an automated responder - see if you
> can find a way to keep it from responding to the oslist first.
>
> And now back to our regularly scheduled programming :-)****
>
> --
> Harold Shinsato
> harold at shinsato.com
> http://shinsato.com
> twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush>****
>
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