Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!heddaya@HARVARD.ARPA From: heddaya@HARVARD.ARPA (A. Heddaya - Solom) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Problems with automatic (\"answering machine\") mail responders Message-ID: <11399@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Sun, 7-Jul-85 20:11:42 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.11399 Posted: Sun Jul 7 20:11:42 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Jul-85 06:00:33 EDT Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 21 Imagine the result if A sends a message to B (who is out of town), then leaves town himself: B's machine will reply automatically to A saying that B is out of town. By the time the message returns, A has alread left town, so A's machine automatically replies to B saying that A is out of town. Since B is still out of town, B's machine will reply automatically to A ... . . . . . . \Solom