From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964772AbWGSJO1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:14:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964774AbWGSJO1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:14:27 -0400 Received: from dtp.xs4all.nl ([80.126.206.180]:28668 "HELO abra2.bitwizard.nl") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S964772AbWGSJO0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 19 Jul 2006 05:14:26 -0400 Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:14:24 +0200 From: Erik Mouw To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Jesper Juhl , Thomas Tuttle , richard.dent@nhs.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [OT] Vacation message heckling (Was: Re: Richard Dent - Annual Leave) Message-ID: <20060719091424.GK2131@harddisk-recovery.com> References: <20060718090604.BLR19599@ms03.swi.contact.secure-ops.net> <20060718132704.GA12930@phoenix> <9a8748490607181330q7b7be84i3ac324d9053a5fa4@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: Harddisk-recovery.com User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 12:04:26AM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > The following note spans every "welcome" mail for some lists I run... > > "Please make sure, should you be away, that *NO* auto-response messages > (like "I'm out of office until ...") appear on the list. Failure to do > so will get you removed from the mailing list." Same on the linux-arm-* mailing lists, see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/mailinglists/etiquette.php#e11 . Silly disclaimers always claim that the email shouldn't be redistributed and that it is only for the "intended recipient". Because the lists are publically archived beyond our control, messages are redistributed. And with mailing lists, the "intended recipient" is very vague: it apparently is "linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk" cause that's what the "To:" header says, but OTOH it turns up in *my* mailbox. I usually protect people with such silly disclaimers against their own company policy by switching their list subscription to "moderated": they can still receive all messages from the list, but every message they send must be OK'ed by the list admins. That turns out to work very well: either they remove the disclaimer, or they use a webmail account instead. BTW: as an interesting side note: silly disclaimers are usually added by top posting people. How are they ever to notice the disclaimer with such a ridiculous reply style? Erik [linux-arm-*-owner #2] -- +-- Erik Mouw -- www.harddisk-recovery.com -- +31 70 370 12 90 -- | Lab address: Delftechpark 26, 2628 XH, Delft, The Netherlands