Hi Shane!
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Shane Castle wrote:
> >Seriously OT but maybe not. I went on holiday and left vacation to answer my
> >mail, however, it should not send any mail back to the list.
> >
> >I was unsubscribed from the list and I wanted to know if my vacation sent an
> >auto-respond message.
> >
> >I only ask as I plan on putting it back on again this weekend and don't want
> >it to send any messages back to the list/list-users.
>
> IMNSHO, and speaking as a sysadmin, I'd love to remove the vacation
> program from all my systems and give anyone that used it 50 lashes with
> old brittle tri-leads. It serves absolutely no useful purpose and causes
> more problems that anything it was intended to solve. PLEASE don't use
> it! Don't even try to fix it; it's too broken!
>
> And I'm trying to use and like mutt but I just can't seem to wean myself
> from the taste of turpentine.
>
For those who need such a thing it is handy. Yes there are broken versions
out there but if all systems updated to the newest version and reported
problems then it would not be such an issue.
Sean
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