Originally Posted by
aidanf
The most terrifying time is returning from 2 week hols to check the email
When I used to be away from the office for a while, I used to keep a tape measure in my desk and actually 'measure' the list of receipts. The most I ever had was 5' 6", this was despite putting an 'away message' on my mail box. So, I devised a cunning plan! Using the 'rules' feature in Outlook Express, I created one that had words in that usually came in unwanted mail, such as 'urgently', 'heads up', 'discuss', 'ball park' 'stretched target' and so on. I even put people's names in the rule as well!
So when an email arrived, the system interrogated it for any matches, and promptly deleted it, automatically! People used to say, didn't you receive my mail/comments etc? I'd say 'let's have a look, no, sorry, what was it again? Worked every time. Just why the hell should you have to work 2 additional weeks within your first week back after leave?