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, the mems-talk moderation team will periodically try to detect broken autoresponders. 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. Regards, mems-talk moderation team at the MEMS and Nanotechnology Clearinghouse