Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 8/23/84; site ucbcad.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!ucbcad!faustus From: faustus@ucbcad.UUCP (Wayne A. Christopher) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Re: Problems with automatic (\"answering machine\") mail responders Message-ID: <67@ucbcad.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Jul-85 16:26:11 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbcad.67 Posted: Thu Jul 11 16:26:11 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 09:01:05 EDT References: <11394@brl-tgr.ARPA> <608@utai.UUCP> Organization: UC Berkeley CAD Group, Berkeley, CA Lines: 19 > It's my experience that by having my automatic mail answerer check > 1) that's the mail is addressed personally to me (not a mailing list), > 2) that is hasn't replied before to the same person, > most problems with "answreing machine" responders can be solved, without > adding an exception list. [Of course, the list used in 2), above, > could be used as an exception list as well.] > I guess my point is that to avoid responding automatically > to mailing lists & such, a check to make sure the mail is directed > to you "personally" is probably better than an exception list; it > avoids problems when you forget (inevitably) to include all possible > mailing lists. > Greg Dudek Also, make sure that the letter isn't coming from another mail answering program if possible. A program I wrote called "mp" always appended "- (mp)" to the end of the subject line, so that it wouldn't cause infinite mail loops when two people were using it and somehow one mailed to the other. Wayne