RE: OT - A Simple Plea

On Thu, 22 May 2003, Hoffman, Geoffrey wrote:

> There's already a perfect solution to out-of-office replies and spam.
It's
> called the Delete Key.

Only up to a point.  If you get over 1000 spam messages a day (as I would
if my server didn't aggressively filter them), then you're going to miss
the occasional genuine message amongst them.  Particularly when that
message has a suspiciously bland/generic subject line, as is often the
case with correspondents whose native language is not English.

Can I suggest people simply upgrade their mail software?
The "vacation" program, for instance, has been free since at least
the 1980s, and isn't so dumb as to reply to mailinglists.


-- 
Nick Kew

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