Windows Phone Thoughts: Are Out-of-Office Messages A Security Problem?

"Automatically generated out-of-office messages, like the kind created by Microsoft Outlook, have come under scrutiny as a possible security hazard. It may seem absurd at first, but there are a number of fairly legitimate reasons why out-of-office messages might pose a hazard. (These may vary in validity depending on conditions at your workplace.) "

This short piece brings up a few valid points about why out-of-office messages are probably best to be avoided. I've personally seen some really horrible things happen as a result of auto-responses in general (i.e. I had a client set up an autoresponder on a spam-laden email box that said "This email will not be read, if you need to email us, contact [email][email protected][/email]" - not only did this clutter up my server's mail queue with undeliverable messages, it also gave any spammer with a legit address a valid email - [email][email protected][/email]!). So beware of using that out-of-office feature - and if you do use it, use it wisely ;)