OT: PHB time...

[Curtis, Roger]

> On 13/03/07, DAve <dave.list at pixelhammer.com> wrote:
> > Kevin Miller wrote:
> > > OK, so my boss who is normally an otherwise reasonable guy, calls
me
> > > into his office and says one of the department heads wants out of
> office
> > > turned on for internet mail.  He knows that people are tarred and
> > > feathered for doing that on mail lists, but thinks that the mail
lists
> > > should be filtering those - that with a short case statement they
> could
> > > easily do that.  I tried to persuade him otherwise, but he's going
to
> > > poll the other directors and see if it's something they want.  Of
> course
> > > they will, not understanding a broader perspective.  Sigh.
> > >
> > > It seems like there were other reasons than just list servers that
> make
> > > it a bad idea to have out of office messages turned on but I'm not
> > > really sure what they might be.  I suggested that they provide
> feedback
> > > to spammers but he was unconvinced.  So, although it's somewhat
OT,
> I'm
> > > asking here because I can't think of a more enlightened group of
mail
> > > admins; what are some good solid reasons beyond people on list
servers
> > > hate them, not to publish an out of office reply over the
internet?
> > >
> > > Thanks...
> > >
> > > ...Kevin
> >
> > Lots of good reasons, but I lost that battle.
> >
> > One good dictionary attack (if you don't have a really good,
properly
> > functioning, intelligent, AR program) can get you blacklisted.  See
> > "Joe-Job".
> CC... Since the OoO is very likely to be answering to spam, which in
> turn will go to either some poor spoofed "sender" or even a spamtrap
> or too (just for fun...not), this is a very real risk.
> So the question is... Is the non-sensical need to appear "reachable"
> is worth the risk of non-service for the organisations mail system.
> 
> Having said that... I have to admit that my organisation opted for
> this "crucial" feature, over my very strong recomendation to _not_
> allow it. Sigh. Some battles are just impossible to win.
> 
> Cheers
> --
> -- Glenn

Can anybody point me to the setting for OoO in Outlook 2003 that will
keep from sending the message to a mailing list?  I can't seem to find
anything on it and cannot find the setting/combination of settings
myself.  I was out for two weeks for the birth of a baby and just didn't
set the OoO for fear of being tarred-and-feathered!

Thanks,
Roger