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On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 09:55:45AM -0500, Chris Wolf wrote:

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   Now that I look at it closely, I'm not quite sure what would be the
   recommended filtering rule if you wanted an auto-reply to be used
   for every incoming message, as you might for a "vacation" message.

Seems like this would not be a good practice and something you might
not really want.  i.e.  auto-responders about so-and-so being on
vacation when you send to a list like MSUNAG is really annoying. I
don't care that so-and-so is gone because I didn't contact them in the
first place... I simply emailed the list. (Sorry, pet peeve!)

On high-volume lists, such as those on securityfocus.com, it will get
you involuntarily unsubscribed.  I think a better solution would be a
rule using "Addressed to", so when someone sends to you specifically,
you let that person know you are not available.

Hope this helps,
dpk