I agree--I hate autoreplies, but many users really, really want them. The filter you suggest would be a good compromise, but I'm not sure it would prevent auto-replies to all lists, and might not reply to messages CC'd or BCC'd to you. At 10:01 AM 12/17/2003, Dpk wrote: >On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 09:55:45AM -0500, Chris Wolf wrote: > > [snip] > > 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