...Say what?

[phrogg.livejournal.com]

So i manage the company's BlackBerry server. Most people take this to mean that i also know every minuscule detail about the handhelds, too, and make demands that i show them how to do generally reasonable tasks (ie, empty Deleted Items on the server from the BB so that their mailbox doesn't overflow while they're on a trip). No problem, i enjoy teaching people how to do things, and some of it you'd really have to sit down for a couple hours to figure it out.

My only question in is this: Why, given the nature of wireless, handheld devices, why would you need to put an Out-of-Office message on it?

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[phrogg.livejournal.com]

Mail still gets delivered to the device despite the Away message, the sender just gets a reply that says, "Your problems don't concern me, mortal. I'm currently out of the office, and will return on x date."

But this guy really shouldn't have a message like that, because then his immediate underlings start freaking out and trying to figure out how to run his department. They, generally, are clueless, and this would be a bad thing, though terribly amusing at the same time.

[eliz.livejournal.com]

I LOVE THAT. If we weren't in such a crap economy I'd consider it for my next OOO (the Your problems... line).

I'm a firm believer that there should be at least one person who can stand up and take charge in a situation if the key person is out- one go-to backup person. Go to the expert if you can- but be prepared for the day they get hit by a bus. Or dropped their phone into the ocean/river/less pleasant bodies of water.

[phrogg.livejournal.com]

You're quite right, there should be a suitable substitute available. However, this seldom seems to be the case.

[kerberos.livejournal.com]

Kerberos does the Konga-.


Single point of FAILURE!
Single point of FAILURE!
Single point of FAILURE!

I'm the only person dealing with web,domains,ipreverse,email,dns and abuse for an ISP.

I sometimes wonder what will happen the day I leave/get hit by a bus.

[zendequervain.livejournal.com]

And that's the exact reason my dad used to be called in at all hours whenever there was a big problem. He was a manager in IS at a large insurance company.

He once had to go in for 11 hours on Father's Day. =\