I agree about the "out of the office" messages. Perhaps the list owner could
set the list to ignore messages with the text "out of the office" or "on
vacation" in the subject line. I was a listowner once for the SLA Local
Arrangements list in 1999, and I set it up so that any message with those
subject lines would be ignored.
--Bryan M. Carson
Ron Huttner wrote:
>
> I cannot think of any good reason why *all* attachments should be banned on
> this List. On many occasions I have found attachments to be very handy
> indeed. Just as on many occasions I have found them - like Mike Yared - a
> nuisance. Seems to me that any binding rule on this issue is likely to
> fail. Perhaps all that is required is simply a request that all
> List-contributors think twice before they add an attachment, and *only* do
> so if it really is necessary and adds something of value. *And* that the
> attachment be small - so as not to cause unnecessary inconvenience to the
> e-mail systems of disinterested recipients. Frankly, I find the use of
> auto-responders by many List-members infinitely more irritating than
> attachments !! Every time I post anything to the List I get a minimum of a
> dozen auto-responds telling me who is "out of town" and for how many days,
> hours and minutes, and precisely who is deputising in her/his absence. As
> if the average poster to a *List* could actually care less !! So - if we
> are about to start banning things - and I am certainly not advocating such
> - let's "kill all the auto-respnders first" (pace William Shakespeare) !!
> Just my (at a very unfavourable exchange rate) Australian 2 cents worth !
>
> Ronald S Huttner LL.B (Hons)
> Barrister And Solicitor
> Consultant And Trainer In Computer-Assisted Legal Research
> Lecturer In Advanced Computerised Legal Research,
> Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne (02.10.95 to 02.10.98)
> "vidElex - See The Law" - http://videlex.com
> rshutt@netspace.net.au (Principal E-Mail Address)
> rshutt@pocketmail.com.au (Mobile)
> Ph: (03) - 9509 - 7023 (Home/Business)
> Ph: 0402 - 459 - 103 (Mobile)
>
> "Ignorance of the law never prevented any lawyer from collecting his fee"
>
> >Can LAW-LIB forbid attachments? I hope the listserv owner can change a way
> >for someone who send a message to the list with an attachment, it will be
> >rejected and returned to them. This means no attachments of any kind,
> >including "virtual business cards", Word documents, and so forth. Also will
> >not distribute HTML (web page) documents.
> >
> >Thank you.
> >Mike Yared
-- Bryan M. Carson, J.D., M.I.L.S. Coordinator of Reference and Instructional Services Librarian for Philosophy, Religion, and Russian/Eastern European Studies Western Kentucky University Libraries 1 Big Red Way Bowling Green, Kentucky 42101 Phone: 270-745-5007 Fax: 270-745-2275 bryan.carson@wku.eduAll original content copyright 2001 Bryan M. Carson
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