I hate the "Out of Office Reply" setting...

So it's 3:30am. I have just about wrapped up the latest round of patching (30 hours ahead of a visit from the auditors, by the way), and have realized that I created a large number of emails to myself about machines I rebooted. (and didn't get all the paged I should have - a problem for when I'm not so tired...)

Anyway, the backup server dutifully emailed to the backup list that it was back online. I actually wonder how I can stop this function, it bothers me in and of itself, but immediately after that, Out of Office replys come back to the list. I am not a fan.

My biggest problem with the Out of Office Reply is that it makes me think that you think that I need to know you are not there. I don't. In fact, many, many, many times, I recieve email and ignore it for days. Especially from particular people. If figure, if they go away, I send an email, and don't hear back for a week, so much the better in most cases. It means I can get other stuff done.

Maybe I should just write a rule in my mail client, and quiese the messages to that I never see them again. Maybe it's just the sleepiness talking.

I have a "8:30: drop Kate off at school - 8:45: pancakes with blueberry syrup - 9:00: sit and listen to an arguement at work without getting very involved - 9:30: go get an oil change" morning, so I guess I'd better say so long for now. If I come back in 12 hours and this post makes no sense, I will delete it...