I've been getting out of office notifications in subscribed forums (e.g. http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=160469 ) by users who haven't even posted to the thread in question.
This might be a privacy issue.
Frank
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Re: "Out of office" notifications when posting to forums
написао/ла Andrew Davis -
That's a really interesting side effect that I don't think anyone anticipated :|
That's caused by two different behaviours:
In Moodle you subscribe to a forum, not to a particular discussion/thread. For example if you subscribe to the Gradebook forum on moodle.org you effectively subscribe to every discussion in that forum. The users in questions are subscribed to the forum even though they may not have posted in that particular thread.
Forum notifications are made to appear as if they've come from the person who submitted the forum post. In this case that is you. This has the unanticipated side effect that any auto-replies come to you.
This needs some further thought....
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Re: "Out of office" notifications when posting to forums
написао/ла Helen Foster -
This needs some further thought....
Reported as MDLSITE-1102.
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Re: "Out of office" notifications when posting to forums
написао/ла Joseph Rézeau -
Me too. I am of opinion that it's not a good idea for people to put those automatic "out of office" notifications in their e-mail systems anyway.
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OT Re: "Out of office" notifications when posting to forums
написао/ла Frank Ralf -
Well, now that you know their e-mail address you can teach them 
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Re: OT Re: "Out of office" notifications when posting to forums
написао/ла Joseph Rézeau -
Frank
Well, now that you know their e-mail address you can teach them
... not until they come back to their office, though
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Re: OT Re: "Out of office" notifications when posting to forums
написао/ла Frank Ralf -
Come to think of it, there should also be "Back in the office again!" notifications...
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Re: OT Re: "Out of office" notifications when posting to forums
написао/ла Joseph Rézeau -
Yes, Ralf; and just in case one would miss one's daily dose of spam, there should also be "notifications" notification messages, to make sure you have been notified.
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Re: OT Re: "Out of office" notifications when posting to forums
написао/ла Frank Ralf -
Here's the proof how dangerous such notifications can be: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7702913.stm
Cheers,
Frank
Cheers,
Frank