Re: FN-FORUM: Re: FN-FORUM: Re: Re: FN-FORUM: LinkedIn

date posted 1st December 2007 18:46

Gary Short wrote:
>
> Derek Almond (Lists) wrote:
>>>
>> Roll on Monday, I suggest we all sender her a (polite) welcome back
>> email, asking how her holiday was ;-) imagine getting a thousand of
>> them on your first Monday back.
>>


a nice thought - but Gary, sadly, if a little pompously is right.

>
> Of course that would constitute an attack and would be illegal (under
> the Computer Misuse Act 1990 I believe but IANAL) so perhaps not the
> best idea. She may also, rightly, reply to the effect that if our
> software worked properly it wouldn't be an issue. Maybe its best if we
> just keep quiet about it?
>

perhaps we should simply send a few messages to her via the list
suggesting that she read the guidelines for posting, and make sure that
she has correctly configured her auto responder.

Suggest a topic of "Hi Laura - glad you are back" - ?

followed by something like:

we have been getting a lot of emails from your auto responder, could you
configure it so that it ignores posts from this list please,
would you also kindly that the time to look at this page.
Because we have all talked a lot about it in your absence.

http://wiki.workalone.co.uk/index.php?page=GuidelinesForPosting

It is a general treatise on how to play nice.


Ta

or something to that effect.

I am actually beginning to feel rather sorry for her.

I went "missing" quite a few times last year looking after my Dad, if
you have to leave in a hurry and you can't / haven't time to get a
connection for a few days...


Carrie