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What's your stance on sending Holiday wishes to the Everyone group?

I have several users that do this and wondered if I'm the only one this bothers and do you take steps to prevent it?

Regards,

Scrooge...maybe
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Hi adrianbarrs,
As long as they are short and appropriate then I don't have a problem with that.

JamesTX10
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Scrooge - I, personally, am with you on that.
You have to draw the line somewhere and technically, that's a misuse of company resources.
Of course, if you don't have a written policy to fall back on, your case won't hold water.

If you have 500 users in an office and each were 'allowed' to do this - then you have to expect all 500 to follow suit - and that's more than disruptive - it's aggrivating if you're trying to get your work done so that you can go home and toast chestnuts over an open fire...

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Thanks for replying all.
 I've got 170 users and they all signed an email policy forbidding this.
I now see emails containing animation, sound, etc. There are also many quoting the Bible which I know my HR dept discourages.
Some of my angst is due to cleaning out "sent" and "deleted" items and finding these being backed up months later.
No real right or wrong so points split. I am however with sirbounty in so far as this escalating from holidays to other areas.

Thanks again,
Okay, so this was or is a religious issue with respect to the company. Hope we were able to help out somewhat.

SirBounty,
My "once or twice" comment was meant for the one or two major holidays of each year. I'm quite familiar with the reaities of email and how it can be abused and when.
David
David - I wasn't trying to discredit you at all.
I was merely pointing out that if you take the stance that it "only" happens during the holidays, you're kidding yourself...users can be sneaky... :^)
No issues. I am under no illusions about users, email, etc. Personally, I've had more problems with users and their screensavers than anything else. :-)