I've used a similar process; my gmail has a vacation auto-responder that informs those contacting it that the address is not used for email. The auto-response d

I've used a similar process; my gmail has a vacation auto-responder that informs those contacting it that the address is not used for email. The auto-response does not include my actual email address. Even still, I find that other people's address books are remarkably immutable and despite this auto-response having been employed for around five years I still have important emails directed at the dead address.