Likely, you're correct with both scenarios. I rarely get spam, but  
have gotten a few pieces?won a few lotteries etc., since the first  
auto reply from our Glen. Which begs the question, why would Glen who  
does business with UL have the list mail member addresses? Possibly a  
lurker, it would be interesting to know if he actually is  
subscribed...jf


> On Apr 4, 2006, at 12:58 PM, B. Eric Bradley wrote:
>
>> I'm seeing one of two scenarios here -
>>
>> One: Glenn is subscribed to the listserv at that email address,  
>> and his email account is sending out an autoresponder to anyone  
>> who sends an email to the list (and hence to his mailbox), with it  
>> programmed to respond to only the first email it receives from a  
>> given address (easy to do in Windows Outlook). So, if you post to  
>> the list before he gets back, you get an autoresponse. That being  
>> the case, I should get one shortly.
>>
>> Two: Somebody is getting these emails on (most likely) a Windows  
>> box, and has a virus problem. In that case, the infected machine  
>> is gathering up email addresses as they arrive and spitting spam  
>> to Glenn's box with listserv members' addresses spoofed as the  
>> sender.
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