It seems there are a number of list subscribers using broken vacation autoresponders. Autoresponders should only respond to a message that includes your e-mail address in a To: or Cc: header. If set up this way, they will not respond to mailing list mail. Unfortunately, there is a lot of broken mail software out there. As a courtesy to other mems-talk subscribers, if your autoresponder replies to this message I will disable your subscription. I will send another message those people with instructions on how to re-enable their subscription. While on the subject of list etiquette, please be sure to trim the amount of quoted text when responding to the list. Your message will be sent to hundreds of people. Take a few more seconds to be courteous. I would also complain about people "top-posting" replies but that seems to be a lost cause.