Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rti-sel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!mcnc!rti-sel!shaddock From: shaddock@rti-sel.UUCP (Mike Shaddock) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Problems with automatic (\"answering machine\") mail responders Message-ID: <284@rti-sel.UUCP> Date: Tue, 9-Jul-85 11:02:08 EDT Article-I.D.: rti-sel.284 Posted: Tue Jul 9 11:02:08 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 11-Jul-85 20:27:36 EDT References: <11405@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: shaddock@rti-sel.UUCP (Mike Shaddock) Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC Lines: 11 In article <11405@brl-tgr.ARPA> lauren@rand-unix.ARPA writes: >Luckily, that scenario doesn't happen very often, since many (but not all) >of the responders are smart enough to send only one copy of the > .... The "answering machine" program that I've seen keeps track of who it has replied to, and only replies to each person once. This would be a partial solution for mailing lists, although the first time an article came through everybody on the list would get bombarded. -- Mike Shaddock {decvax,seismo}!mcnc!rti-sel!shaddock