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March 30, 2009

Perpetual bandwidth motion machine

Jack's server sends Jay an email that says:

A new post, "Keep Up The Good Work," has been added to The AAO Weblog.

So Jay's server sends Jack an email that says:

I am out of the office until Monday March 30.

So Jack's server sends Jay an email that says:

I am out of the office until Monday, March 30.
I'll get back to you as soon as I can when I return.

So Jay's server replies to Jack's server:

I am out of the office until Monday March 30.

Posted by Jay Hancock at 10:32 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

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A smart email server would have stopped the auto-reply after you sent an out-of-office reply, as it would have respected the Bulk Mail component of the mail header.

Of course, the first email should have never been sent.

Mail server FAIL.

Posted by: JJT | March 30, 2009 7:52 PM

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About Jay Hancock

Jay Hancock has been a financial columnist for The Baltimore Sun since 2001. He has also been The Baltimore Sun's diplomatic correspondent in Washington and its chief economics writer. Before moving to Baltimore in 1994 he worked for The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk and The Daily Press of Newport News.

His columns appear Tuesdays and Sundays.

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