Re: Feature Req: set vacation for mailing lists in bulk

[Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>]

Sean Neakums <sneakums@zork.net> writes:
> commence  Karra quotation:

>> How do people handle the problem of setting vacation flags for tens of
>> mailinglists in a sensible and easy manner.  

> I don't.  Sending at most one automatic vacation message in response to
> private mail is fine, but mailing lists do not need to be cluttered up
> with worthless "I am on vacation, if you need anything, please contact
> Sheila across the hall or John in Accounting" messages.  If the people
> on certain mailing lists *need* to know you are on vacation, please take
> five minutes and write them a personal note.  They will appreciate it.

Er, I don't think you're familiar with what the original poster is talking
about.  The "vacation flag" is a list setting that leaves you subscribes
but that temporarily suspends having the list send you mail.  It's a
LISTSERV feature originally (and that's where the naming comes from).

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Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>