Mr. Cowgill's computer did not send such a message to the list. (It's not in the archive.) He sent it to you directly.
This is (almost always) Microsoft Exchange BS. I used to monitor some of the ActiveState mailing lists, try to answer questions and help people. But every time I post to one of their lists, my mailbox gets filled with nearly a dozen of these things. Every single time. I've tried replying politely, sending them back to the list hoping a moderator might take action (and, of course, my reply to the list generats another dozen OoO auto replies). I've tried forwarding back to the author, postmaster@, and to the company from which the person usually sent the message, CCing every address listed in the mail which often refers to managers or supervisors. Nothing. There doesn't seem to be any way to avoid these @[EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope this doesn't happen on the perl.org lists...
At Wed, 22 Dec 2004 12:27:51 -0800 (PST), Ovid wrote:
OK, everyone send Mr. Cowgilll a polite message letting him know that,
in the future, he needs to not send these messages to mailing lists. He'll feel really bad about his poor etiquette and we can say "only
Cowgills get the blues."
Ooh, that was awful, awful, awful. Never let me near a pun again, please.
Cheers, Ovid --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Subject: Out of Office Contact From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:55:11 +0000
I will be out of the office starting 21/12/2004 and will not return until 31/12/2004.
I am away today. Talk to Simon Fairey if you have any urgent issues.
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