CONGRATULATIONS to reader Stu Ryder, who has inadvertently succeeded in
locking two computers into an endless loop.
Ryder needed to pick up e-mails sent to a former work colleague, so he
arranged for any e-mails sent to his ex-colleague’s computer to be automatically
forwarded to her. He also set up an auto-reply on the computer to tell senders
this was what had happened to their e-mails.
Enter his company’s IT department, which responds to any e-mail it receives
with an automatic acknowledgement. Also, like any other IT department, it
informs everyone on its network if there are any server problems…
