Adam McGreggor writes:
As others have said, if an autoresponder is responding repeatedly to
the same address in the course of a few days it is certainly behaving
badly. Lotus Notes and Exchange autoresponders should not be allowed
near the Internet.I'd rewrite that last part to: "Lotus Notes and poorly-setup Microsoft Exchange installations should not be allowed near the Internet."
I'm not sure that's acceptable. People might be tempted to think that MCSE + CCNA qualify one to do better than "poorly set up" a mail server. :-/
"approach" is. (I don't always see those messages: through filtering, I attempt to ditch 'out of office' type messages.)
My butt has been saved (from Usenet-style flaming, not corporate-style firing) on a number of occasions by the practice of making my personal filter a subset of the rules used on my lists. I realize for various reasons that's not always feasible, but it's a good rule of thumb to start with.