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Re: email advice
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Gibson)
Mon Apr 11 10:56:43 2011
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Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:56:18 -0400
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From: Brian Gibson <gibson_brian@wheatoncollege.edu>
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I've created fake non-delivery reports before. Something along the lines
of "The content you tried to deliver to /user@domain.edu/ was rejected,
Reason 5.4.2 Unacceptable Content"
That usually gets 'em thinking. If they ask I just say that I am not
supposed to receive 'those types' of emails at work and it usually stops
'em.
That, and be careful using the term "Power user", here that is an
instant red flag.
On 4/11/2011 10:30 AM, Isabelle Graham wrote:
> I find if I get things consistently from friends or family members and
> asking them to stop (or replying with a link to snopes.com) doesn't
> have the desired effect, creating folders with rules redirecting mail
> from those users helps. That way you don't have to deal with those
> messages interrupting your minute to minute flow and you can still set
> aside time to skim that folder (or those folders) for relevant messages.
>
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Wheaton College
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I've created fake non-delivery reports before. Something along the
lines of "The content you tried to deliver to <i><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:user@domain.edu">user@domain.edu</a></i>
was rejected, Reason 5.4.2 Unacceptable Content"<br>
<br>
That usually gets 'em thinking. If they ask I just say that I am not
supposed to receive 'those types' of emails at work and it usually
stops 'em.<br>
<br>
That, and be careful using the term "Power user", here that is an
instant red flag.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
On 4/11/2011 10:30 AM, Isabelle Graham wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:4DA31069.9050300@american.edu" type="cite">I
find if I get things consistently from friends or family members
and asking them to stop (or replying with a link to snopes.com)
doesn't have the desired effect, creating folders with rules
redirecting mail from those users helps. That way you don't have
to deal with those messages interrupting your minute to minute
flow and you can still set aside time to skim that folder (or
those folders) for relevant messages.
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<br>
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Brian Gibson
Systems Administrator
Wheaton College
Are you a musician? If so visit my Arbans Online music site at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://arbansonline.com">http://arbansonline.com</a> and listen & contribute</pre>
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