Email CC Fail!

[Kateg28]

We get this regularly. About once every month or so, someone hits reply all with a useful quip, frequently vulgar. It is either all computer system users so it will go to approx 1500 people or it could be everyone in the Group, about 6500 people.

It always tickles me especially when some bright spark tries to tell them what they have done by replying all again.

Genius.

Although I know of a senior manager who received an email from an employee confirming their agreement for some extra agreement to her contract. He forwarded to HR asking how he could get out of this as he didn't want to be held true to his word and how could he offload her. AS you can guess, he didn't forward, he replied.

[monthefish]

maxrider said:

So what does RTFM mean?
reboot the fking machine? and I'm an I.T. techie

Edited by maxrider on Wednesday 30th March 10:05

Relax. Take Five Minutes.


(i.e. After 5 minutes, things will be clearer).

Actually, it means Read The F'in Manual

[ZesPak]

Worst "I have a hot ex" thread ever.

[Jerwatt]

Kateg28 said:

We get this regularly. About once every month or so, someone hits reply all with a useful quip, frequently vulgar. It is either all computer system users so it will go to approx 1500 people or it could be everyone in the Group, about 6500 people.

It always tickles me especially when some bright spark tries to tell them what they have done by replying all again.

Genius.

When I was at university that happened, with someone sending an email to the entire university email list. It ended up with lots of people replying to the list.

"Just so you know you replied to everyone, you should click reply, not reply to all"

"Oh sorry everyone, I won't do it again"

"You just did it again"

"Can everyone stop repling to this email!"

"Well, by you replying you're making it worse..."

"Ha ha, I've not seen something this funny in a long time"

"You need to get out more then"

"Stop it!!!!!!!!!!!!"

and so on. I think there was around 40+ replies to everyone by the end of it.

[Jasandjules]

Vieste said:

Marsh has been suspended by Millers Insurance in London pending a probe.

Oh dear.

I think what we all want to know is did she go out with him!?!?

[C8PPO]

Famous Graham said:

matthewg said:

Famous Graham said:

The history would have gone with it as chap above said.

There IS facility to recall emails but only in enclosed systems, like AOL (jesus, do people still use that?) and inhouse Exchange/Outlook systems (Notes too iirc). However, that only recalls a message if it's to someone in the same system. It won't recall one going out to an external address.

How do I do this in outlook?

Go into Sent Items, double click on the message so it opens up in its own window. There should be a "Recall" button on the toolbar or, failing that, Actions menu -> Recall this message.

As I mentioned above though, this only works on internal Exchange setups. If you're not using Exchange, ie you're using Outlook with POP3/IMAP as you would as a home user, the option isn't available.

It's also not infallible, and in particular, ONLY works if the recipient hasn't opened the item.

[TonyHetherington]

Jerwatt said:

When I was at university that happened, with someone sending an email to the entire university email list. It ended up with lots of people replying to the list.

"Just so you know you replied to everyone, you should click reply, not reply to all"

"Oh sorry everyone, I won't do it again"

"You just did it again"

"Can everyone stop repling to this email!"

"Well, by you replying you're making it worse..."

"Ha ha, I've not seen something this funny in a long time"

"You need to get out more then"

"Stop it!!!!!!!!!!!!"

and so on. I think there was around 40+ replies to everyone by the end of it.

This happens in my 120,000 employee strong company. We have distribution lists of many many people (10, 20000 sometimes) and the dicks that send out the message don't BCC it, they just CC or TO it. So one person will reply (normally; "get me off this distribution list" ) and the whole roundabout starts. People saying "click reply, not reply all" and then exactly as you describe - more and more people replying. It gets SO tempting to reply sometimes

[GTIR]

Jerwatt said:

When I was at university that happened, with someone sending an email to the entire university email list. It ended up with lots of people replying to the list.

"Just so you know you replied to everyone, you should click reply, not reply to all"

"Oh sorry everyone, I won't do it again"

"You just did it again"

"Can everyone stop repling to this email!"

"Well, by you replying you're making it worse..."

"Ha ha, I've not seen something this funny in a long time"

"You need to get out more then"

"Stop it!!!!!!!!!!!!"

and so on. I think there was around 40+ replies to everyone by the end of it.

Wow. Uni life must be a barrel of laughs.

That's like saying
"Put the phone down" to your oh
"No, you" giggle
"No, you first" snigger

[matthewg]

GTIR said:

Wow. Uni life must be a barrel of laughs.

That's like saying
"Put the phone down" to your oh
"No, you" giggle
"No, you first" snigger

Tell us a joke funny man.

[Shmee]

This is ridiculous, yes it's funny but why is it such a big news story!?

[GTIR]

matthewg said:

GTIR said:

Wow. Uni life must be a barrel of laughs.

That's like saying
"Put the phone down" to your oh
"No, you" giggle
"No, you first" snigger

Tell us a joke funny man.

I'm not a performing monkey. Man.

[limpsfield]

matthewg said:

GTIR said:

Wow. Uni life must be a barrel of laughs.

That's like saying
"Put the phone down" to your oh
"No, you" giggle
"No, you first" snigger

Tell us a joke funny man.

have a look at the Match.com thread

[V8mate]

I recall a time when, in a large company, someone set up an 'anonymous' Yahoo account and emailed his disapproval of changes which were ongoing to the MD. He also cc'd a couple of other directors, the head of comms and... used the short code for All Users.

Now, the Exchange server was savvy enough to know that [e-mail] didn't have permission to send to all users, so only delivered the invective to the named addressees.

Later that morning, however, after meeting with the MD, the head of comms bint decides that the mature approach was to send a response to the anonymous correspondent. And, wanting to ensure that her colleagues knew what she'd said pressed 'reply all'.

And she, of course, did have permission to send to all users

[Steve in Stoke]

A lad I know did something similar a few years ago, but the redtops were camping out on his street, and pestering his family for interviews. He was given a slap on the wrist for it by his employers, but it certainly didn't affect his career.

However the nature of the emails meant he got a LOT of attention from the ladies!!!

[matthewg]

V8mate said:

I recall a time when, in a large company, someone set up an 'anonymous' Yahoo account and emailed his disapproval of changes which were ongoing to the MD. He also cc'd a couple of other directors, the head of comms and... used the short code for All Users.

Now, the Exchange server was savvy enough to know that [e-mail] didn't have permission to send to all users, so only delivered the invective to the named addressees.

Later that morning, however, after meeting with the MD, the head of comms bint decides that the mature approach was to send a response to the anonymous correspondent. And, wanting to ensure that her colleagues knew what she'd said pressed 'reply all'.

And she, of course, did have permission to send to all users

I am perhaps being a total spack here but so the result was she sent the email initially from some random yahoo account?

Please put me out of my misery!

[V8mate]

matthewg said:

V8mate said:

I recall a time when, in a large company, someone set up an 'anonymous' Yahoo account and emailed his disapproval of changes which were ongoing to the MD. He also cc'd a couple of other directors, the head of comms and... used the short code for All Users.

Now, the Exchange server was savvy enough to know that [e-mail] didn't have permission to send to all users, so only delivered the invective to the named addressees.

Later that morning, however, after meeting with the MD, the head of comms bint decides that the mature approach was to send a response to the anonymous correspondent. And, wanting to ensure that her colleagues knew what she'd said pressed 'reply all'.

And she, of course, did have permission to send to all users

I am perhaps being a total spack here but so the result was she sent the email initially from some random yahoo account?

Please put me out of my misery!

The rogue employee had failed to cc in all 4,000 other employees. Exactly as the system was set up to guard against.

The head of comms did send her reply, together with his original message to all, though. Because she was too dim to think about the address list and her own permissions.

[Starfighter]

The original story was on the Jeremy Vine show on Radio2 this lunch time along with some feminist bhing about how disrespectful it was to women. It passed an interesting 30 minutes on the way to Milton Keynes.

Off topic - I spotted my first PH sticker on the way back shortly after 4:00, white MX5 on the M40, A34 junction.

[Chrisgr31]

The photos in the Telegraph were amusing. Jenni looking stunning and very hot, the two guys looking pissed on a Friday night.

Hear GL Hearn are not impressed with their member of staff involved, although not sure they can suspend him.