I've always joked around my work that I can replace a certain manager with a shell script, kind of like this: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/fr

I've always joked around my work that I can replace a certain manager with a shell script, kind of like this: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/frustrations/374d/ http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts-apparel/unisex/frustrations... I kid of course but I've actually given it some thought and I think it could work very well in case of inefficient managers. A good manager does a lot beyond forwarding emails appropriately. However, I've seen many a bad manager simply forward and reply emails as the bulk of their job duties. Hilary's script could indeed work as an automated 'smart' bot if some politeness feature is added in. No need to save anything in drafts folder. Just send it out and have links (or bcc the smart bot) to flag incorrectly sent emails. This could train the filter better.