Re: [exim] Out of Office and collateral spam

On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, Esther Schindler wrote:

> But there's nothing like sending out a note to a PR person to say,
> "Help, I need a response TODAY!" and getting back an "I'm on vacation"
> message which, at least, lets me know I won't get help from _that_
> quarter. Otherwise I just have to assume I'm being ignored.

Or perhaps they are too busy to read your email. Or perhaps the spam
system ate it. Or perhaps it never got there (yet). Or perhaps they are
trying to contact someone else before responding to you. Or they did
respond, but _their_ message got lost or delayed or eaten somewhere.

Or perhaps they really are just ignoring you!

Summary: you cannot infer anything useful from a lack of response, other
than the fact that you haven't received a response. If it is important,
use the telephone.

Jethro.

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Jethro R Binks
Computing Officer, IT Services
University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK