Isn't it the case that oofbot (I've not seen that before; thanks for
the word, Douglas) messages which go _to the whole list_ are caught
by LISTSERV and not distributed (rightly, since they'd cause infinite
exchanges of messages between oofbots), whereas those that go to the
individual never come to the list address at all?

I have a semi-automatic, semi-friendly message I send people who set
up oofbots suggesting it makes more sense to set their lists to
NOMAIL, but ultimately it's not a very serious issue (not like the
old days, when you'd come in in the morning and find cascades of
them, along with full-mailbox notices . . . ).

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