On Jun 20, 2005, at 12:59 PM, Russ Hunt wrote: > This is a new one on me. I recently received an "X has received > your messsage and will respond" note when someone subscribed to > a list. I wrote the person to query it (receiving another > receipt notice in reponse), and tell her that I'd have to set > her NOPOST to avoid, well, you know what. > > She wrote back and said "That is my bounce back message at work. > We are obliged to use them because of the freedom of information > act" (this is from Britain). > > Has anyone else heard of this? If this actually were the case, > I'd have assumed that we'd all have been flooded with receipt > notices. Or perhaps it _is_ the case, and LISTSERV is silently > dealing with it the way it does with other loops and various out > of office bots? Its a new one to me. I would just sign the subscriber off the list and recommend she use her own email address or a freebie one on hotmail, gmail, or the like instead of her employer's email address.