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Article #451Re: E-mail privacy and "vacation" messages
From: Neil Rickert
Date: Fri, 31 May 1991 21:48
Date: Fri, 31 May 1991 21:48
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In article <1991May31.211508.7023@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> earle@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Greg Earle (Sun Software)) writes: >One of the users on your system(s) goes on vacation, and sets up a "vacation" >... offensive message example > >Someone receives this "vacation" message and contacts Joe User's boss about it. >Joe User's boss contacts you and demands that you change the .vacation.msg file >Food for thought: >- Do you do what Joe User's boss demands? Do you change it, and then deny I wouldn't touch his .vacation.msg file. I would just create an alias in the system aliases file which effectively bypassed the vacation message. Depending on circumstances, I might also make some changes to /etc/passwd, but that is a different story. -- =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*= Neil W. Rickert, Computer Science <rickert@cs.niu.edu> Northern Illinois Univ. DeKalb, IL 60115 +1-815-753-6940
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!herald.usask.ca!alberta!aunro!ukma!psuvax1!uwm.edu!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!rickert From: rickert@mp.cs.niu.edu (Neil Rickert) Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Subject: Re: E-mail privacy and "vacation" messages Message-ID: <1991May31.214840.20315@mp.cs.niu.edu> Date: 31 May 91 21:48:40 GMT References: <1991May31.211508.7023@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> Organization: Northern Illinois University Lines: 20