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And a crazy amount of "I'm on vacation" auto replies.

• ape4 9y ago
  We could have a mail field indicating if vacation replies are wanted. X-WantVacationReplies: no
  • kazinator 9y ago
    Or headers in the auto-reply mail which tag it as being auto-reply. These exist! https://stackoverflow.com/a/10839343/1250772 https://stackoverflow.com/a/10839343/1250772 This answer points at RFC containing recommendations for auto-reply e-mails, and specifies a header to use. Any new proposal will fall victim to the same opt-in problem to an even greater degree; if developers of auto-responders can't be bothered to follow this RFC, they will also ignore even newer recommendations.
  • bitJericho 9y ago
    or.. you know, a reply-to header where real emails can be sent to...
    • sp332 9y ago
      But if I'm on vacation, I don't want to read your email right now. I'm just letting you know that your email might not get a reply, especially not any time soon.
      • kybernetikos 9y ago
        Yeah, it seems like it's providing meta-information about the status of the email address owner rather than actually conveying information from the owner of the email address. Perhaps there should be a separate channel for such meta information.