Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 beta 3/9/83; site vaxine.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!vaxine!ptw From: ptw@vaxine.UUCP (P. Tucker Withington) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Mail security Message-ID: <214@vaxine.UUCP> Date: Mon, 13-Jun-83 13:27:42 EDT Article-I.D.: vaxine.214 Posted: Mon Jun 13 13:27:42 1983 Date-Received: Mon, 13-Jun-83 17:09:29 EDT References: <2029@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: Automatix Inc., Billerica, MA Lines: 18 The mention of user-specifiable delivery programs and the particular idea of notifying senders of the receiver's temporary absence brings to mind an early experience on the ARPAnet... Supposedly two prof.'s both went on summer sabbaticle, setting their mailers to respond to all mail with a "I'll be back in a couple of months" message. Just to be sure, they also sent the message out immediately to all their colleagues they communicated with frequently. A few days later, the whole net slowly ground to a halt as it filled with: +------------------------------ | Re your message: "I'll be back in a couple of months... | *I'll* be back in a couple of months. --Tucker (ptw@vaxine.UUCP) (I'm still here)