When you send mail to an address that no longer exists, the remote server 
typically sends back some kind of "bounce" message saying the mail is 
undeliverable. The software that manages a mailing list typically attempts to 
filter these bounce messages so that (a) they aren't sent to all members of the 
list, and (b) they eventually result in the offending address being 
automatically unsubscribed.

Like many mailing lists, this one seems to be managed using mailman which 
certainly has such functionality. But it doesn't seem to be doing a 
particularly good job of it. Perhaps it's running on an old version, or hasn't 
been very well configured. But these are not spam messages, they are bounce 
messages that the mailing list software is failing to hide from you.

Michael Kay
Saxonica

> On 1 May 2018, at 20:54, Andreas Mixich <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> is it just for me, or are members of this list getting lots of automated
> mailings, too?
> 
> I just subscribed today and already got "Undeliverable Notices" from
> biovigilant.com for each post I did and one "autoreply" from
> cicpa.org.cn, sent to me personally.
> 
> -- 
> Goody Bye, Minden jót, Mit freundlichen Grüßen,
> Andreas Mixich
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