Re: Usage error in your E-mail to mailing list 'ORACLE-L'

What! Are you an IDIOT?!

On Monday 25 November 2002 09:25, Farnsworth, Dave wrote:
> HELP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:Linda.Miller-Coker_at_jpmorgan.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:29 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> SET ORACLE-L NOMAIL
>
> ---------------------- Forwarded by Linda Miller-Coker/JPMCHASE on
> 11/25/2002 10:19 AM ---------------------------
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>
> Mailing List Administrator <Postmaster_at_fatcity.com> on 11/23/2002 02:18:44
> PM
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> Please respond to Postmaster_at_fatcity.com
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>
>
> To: Linda Miller-Coker/JPMCHASE_at_CHASE
> cc:
>
>
> *** IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU READ THIS MESSAGE ***
>
> Your message is being returned to you because of an error in your usage.
> The
> mailing list address you sent your message to was:
>
> Address: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
> Description: Oracle RDBMS Community Forum
> Subject: Ignore Previous NOte
>
> Your posting has been rejected and returned to you because it appeared to
> be a "vacation" auto-reply message. If you have received only one of these
> notices, then please consider this a courtesy notice. If you received more
> than one of these (perhaps many of these) notices, then your auto-reply
> program is not cognizent of proper mail ettiquette and you must heed these
> instructions in future situations like this.
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> While you have an auto-reply responder turned on, all messages which are
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> in a quickly increasing endless-loop condition. This not only causes YOUR
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> subscriber to the list. This filter was put into place to avoid these
> types
> of endless-loop situations, and stop them before they get started.
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> A more effective way of dealing with being on vacation is to TEMPORARILY
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> not just for vacations. Once you have returned from vacation, issue the
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> SET <mailing list name> MAIL
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> If you use the two commands above, once before you leave, and then again
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> WHICH
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> The body of your original message is being returned to you below.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Postmaster_at_fatcity.com
>
> ----- begin returned message -----
>
> Sorry guys and girls...going on vacation and sent the nomail to work spot.
>
> ----- end returned message -----

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