Hi there,
I'm trying to gather arguments to stop the Out-of-Office notification nonsense. I know the technical arguments against OoO and other forms of auto-responders, but I'm interested to learn how different organisations are handling it.
If you don't want to answer publicly, please respond to me directly (matthias@leisi.net - remember that the Swinog list overrides my Reply-To: header). I will respect any requests for anonymous handling, but I will send a summary to the list.
You may also answer in verbose form instead of using the questionnaire below :)
My questions:
0. What kind of organisation are you answering for (eg for your ISP staff, for your ISP customers, for your company users etc.)? About how many users do you handle?
1. Does your organisation allow OoO to external recipients?
If you answer no to question 1, no further questions required :) If you answer yes, please continue below:
2. Do you have any restrictions as to when/how OoO notifications are sent? [ ] No restriction _or_ [ ] No OoO to detected spam [ ] OoO only to senders in the user's address book [ ] Only to senders with matching SPF/DKIM/Sender-Id etc [ ] Other restriction:
3. Have you had any DNSBL listings due to OoO notifications? If yes, which DNSBLs?
4. How do you send out OoO notifications? [ ] No special handling [ ] Over a dedicated IP address
Thanks a lot for your contribution, -- Matthias