adding to koos' tip...<div><br></div><div>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.' <div>
<br></div><div>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). </div>
<div><br></div><div>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!</div>
<div><br></div><div>michael</div><div><br></div><div><div> <br>--<br><br>Michael Herman<br>Michael Herman Associates<br><a href="tel:312-280-7838" value="+13122807838" target="_blank">312-280-7838</a> (mobile)<br><br><a href="http://MichaelHerman.com" target="_blank">http://MichaelHerman.com</a><br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Koos de Heer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:koos@auryn.nl" target="_blank">koos@auryn.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div bgcolor="white" lang="NL" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hi Harold and all<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">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 <u>once</u> to each email adres. Subsequent mails from the same person will not receive the automated reply.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Cheers,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><br>Koos<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Van:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> <a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <b>Namens </b>Harold Shinsato<br>
<b>Verzonden:</b> woensdag 13 februari 2013 20:40<br><b>Aan:</b> OSLIST<br><b>Onderwerp:</b> [OSList] Sorry lucy - I had to unsubscribe you<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Dear OSList,<br><br>So sorry for the multiple automated reply spam. And thank you Peggy Holman for calling me about it!<br><br>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 <a href="mailto:lucy@pocketarts.org" target="_blank">lucy@pocketarts.org</a>.<br>
<br>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.<br><br>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.<br>
<br>And now back to our regularly scheduled programming :-)<u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">-- <br>Harold Shinsato<br><a href="mailto:harold@shinsato.com" target="_blank">harold@shinsato.com</a><br><a href="http://shinsato.com" target="_blank">http://shinsato.com</a><br>
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