VA not so smart IT sent reply all "test"

Inboxes at VA overflow from ‘reply all’ storm
By Emily Heil

It happens in just about every office, and it’s guaranteed to annoy: the “reply all” storm, that bane of modern office life in which an e-mail goes out to a large list, and many people respond by hitting “reply all,” thus clogging everyone’s inboxes.

The Department of Veterans Affairs got hit with a doozy of one on Thursday. It all started out innocently enough (as they all do). This one was a “test” message from the IT department that went to a large distribution list.

Of course, the smart alecks among the recipients couldn’t resist the bait. Several offered sassy replies. “I don’t want any tests usually this means more work,” one jokester wrote. “Did I get an A?” another asked.
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