RE: [IUG] Reminder about vacation messages

["Janet Stewart" <jstewart at shawnee dot edu>]

...and my inbox thanks you!

Janet Stewart
System's Librarian
Clark Memorial Library
Shawnee State University
940 Second Street
Portsmouth, OH  45662
740-351-3197
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-----Original Message-----
From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org
[mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Karen Perone
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 9:18 AM
To: innopac
Subject: [IUG] Reminder about vacation messages

This seems like a good time to remind subscribers of the havoc that
vacation messages can cause.  The INNOPAC list currently has 3,445
subscribers, and that is potentially a lot of people to annoy if your
vacation message propagates back to the list.  (Not to mention the fact
that you can cause a mail loop with yourself by replying to your own
vacation message.)

A vacation reply program should only reply to messages sent directly to
the recipient (e.g., the "To:" header is your e-mail address), not to
mail messages sent through e-mail lists.  It should reply with a
"Precedence: bulk" header so other automated tools will not reply to it.
   And it should never reply to a given individual more than once.

If you are uncertain whether your vacation message obeys these rules, it
is a good idea to unsubscribe or set your list options to "nomail" to
eliminate the possibility of your message going where you don't intend.
You can accomplish both by visiting your list options page:

    <http://innopacusers.org/mailman/listinfo/innopac>

Enter your email address at the bottom of this page and click the 
"Unsubscribe or Edit Options" button to change to "nomail", get your 
list password, or unsubscribe from the list.

While you are there, check to see whether the list thinks your address
is the same as you think it is. We get a LOT of messages from list
members who try to post with an address different from the one the list
has for your membership. If your library has changed mail machines or
addresses on you over the past year, or, you use an email alias, your
list address needs to reflect that change or your postings will be held
for verification.

Thanks for your assistance in keeping the INNOPAC list a clean and tidy
place and many good wishes for a wonderful holiday season!

--Karen Perone, Sustituting IUG List Manager

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