Jill, I sure hope the "coast is clear again!" What a shocker!!! Sorry you had it as well. What a super mess!!! Mary > Mary, > > What was going was a loop caused by a message going out from the list > (someone raised a question or made a comment as usual) to a subscriber who > had an automatic response going (saying his mailbox was no longer in use, > please send mail elsewhere) which response, of course, was seen by the list > as a further participation in the discussion and so was sent back to > everyone on the list including this guy whose auto response responded with > "my mailbox is no longer in use," etc etc etc etc... to the count of 796 > messages, at least! > > It has stopped. > > I sent the fellow an email suggesting he shut off his auto response and > unsubscribe that defunct address. Five minutes later, it stopped. But, I > didn't hear back from him, so maybe the list mom pulled the plug on him. > > Seems like the coast is clear again. Whew! > > Jill