Re: Fw: Out of Office AutoReply:

lemma see, I have gotten one like this from Jon Paris...

----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Klement <klemscot@klements.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Out of Office AutoReply:


>
> Wow... that's pretty much EXACTLY how I feel about these messages...
> I couldn't have said it better myself! :)
>
>
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2001 MacWheel99@aol.com wrote:
>
> > > I get regularly the following type of "out of office..."
> > >  most of the time I couldn't care less, but what is
> > >  this and why do we get them?
> >
> > This is an example of a brain dead company buying brain dead software.
> > There is an awful lot of this going around.
> >
> > The theory is nice, that there is no such thing as mailing lists & news
> > groups & newsletters, the only thing that e-mail is used for is from one
> > person to another person & the software is setup using that theory, which
as
> > we all know is a seriously flawed theory.
> >
> > If the theory was valid, that the only e-mail we get is from other people
> > associated with our business, then it is important to tell them that we
out
> > of office & that if you need immediate personnel dealing with your
business
> > contact here is who to contact instead, so the software is setup with the
> > assumption that that is the only kind of e-mail you getting.
> >
> > Thus ever person who posts anything to MIDRANGE_L or any other lists that
> > have these people on them, will get one of these things, or in some
cases,
> > when I make a post to BPCS_L or E-COMMERCE or E-SECURITY or whatever
list, I
> > get half a dozen of these things, from diifferent participants on the
list
> > who have setup their software to auto reply to the original poster.
> >
> > For a long time I railed against this - we need better software.
> > Then I read a review of this software in major PC magazines.
> > Apparently the software does recognize mailing lists & news groups &
> > e-newsletters & etc, & has filters so you not telling spammers this
> > information about you being a good e-mail address for more spam, which I
am
> > sure would give these people heart attacks if they realized they were
doing
> > that.
> > The problem is the competence of the people who install the software.
> >
> > So when you get one of these things, the hidden message is
> > WE ARE AN INCOMPETENT COMPANY in computer terms - you better not do
business
> > with us because we don't know what we are doing.
> >
> > There is probably a market here for some consultant to let them know how
they
> > are advertising this e-foot-in-mouth, and we consultant can fix this for
you.
> >
> > MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)
> >
>
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