Comments for Out of Office Replies are Evil [rerun]

Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-07-16

2007-07-16T18:53:45Z

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> "your reply goes out to a list of people whether or not the discussion had
> anything to do with you". If that's the case, why did you receive the
> original email.

Because you're on a mailing list.

> And spammers are not listening to your return mail. They already have your
> address.

Not true. Some spammers are definitely looking at bounce or reply messages to
know whether or not an email address is legitimate. One technique they use is
to send email to thousands of "possible" email addresses and see which ones
work. An OOF tells them they have a working email address

Leo

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Comment from Chuck on 2007-07-16

2007-07-16T15:47:37Z

"your reply goes out to a list of people whether or not the discussion had anything to do with you". If that's the case, why did you receive the original email. And when I receive an automated message, I simply hold further mail until they return. And spammers are not listening to your return mail. They already have your address.

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-07-15

2007-07-15T23:48:36Z

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No idea. It's not due to anything I've done here. I'd check for spyware.

Leo

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Comment from Natalie Kehr on 2007-07-13

2007-07-14T06:42:58Z

Why,when I tried to listen to the podcast of this article, did I find myself at the rowdy.com site?

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