Out of Office

[Remko Lodder]

Matthew Amihude wrote:

> I will be out of the office until Tuesday July 27th, 2004. If you require immediate assistance please contact Shannon Galli at 204.989.5664 or via email at shannon at webwizmedia.com.
> 

Great, your useraccount is probably named "matt" or "matthew" and we can 
try to call shannon now for some information about your work etc.
Good time to start hacking your account !
This might be the same reaction as a scriptkiddie or someone evil who
wants to abuse you being away status on your work.

On the otherhand, you can easily defend yourself against it. Don't send 
out, out of the office announcements. If you do, just don't include any 
information like phonenumbers or names, just give a general "you can 
also mail info at company.tld for more information" message, and make sure 
that your account is not named the same as matt or matthew...

One more thing... please stop mail delivery, if you do need to send out 
of office announcements, for mailinglists.

Thanks in advance,

> Regards,
> 
> Matt
> 


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Kind regards,

Remko Lodder                   |remko at elvandar.org
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