Problem wit auto response on my .mac mail -- keeps sending.

Question

I set up an auto response for my mac mail address.  I then sent myself an email to see if the auto response was working.  It works, except it works like spam.  It just automatically kept sending me email after email after email, up to 20 of them.  So I closed out my email on my computers, then reopened, and they started auto sending again.
I've been having an issue with mail doing this.  I had an app on iPhone and then deleted the app.  I kept getting automatic mail sent to me that was like I sent an email to THEM, except I never did.  I would get up to 250 emails as fast as they could be sent BING BING BING BING. 
Happens anywhere I get .mac and .me mail.
Anyone know why the auto responder went whacko? LOL
Thanks

Answer 1

So, if I'm understanding correctly, you're not currently having this problem, but did before you set up iCloud?  Or is your old MobileMe auto-responder still functioning, but not showing up in iCloud in Mail's rules or vacation message settings?  If the latter, you'll need to contact Apple about that, so they can fix it on their end.
I don't remember how it worked in MobileMe, but in iCloud, you can set up some very basic rules and there is a separate setting for a vacation message.  An auto-responder provided by the server like that ought to be okay-ish.  It shouldn't create mail loops, since the people who wrote the code for it know their stuff when it comes to e-mail protocols.  However, if you used a rule that you created yourself (which doesn't look possible on iCloud, as there's not a "reply" action), that could cause mail loops.
Of course, even the best auto-responder is only okay-ish, because there are going to be messages that you get that you wouldn't want it to reply to, but it's going to anyway.  Like spam that didn't get caught by spam filters.
As to the forums, I'd guess this would be best posted in one of the iCloud forums, probably the iCloud on my Mac forum.  I can ask the hosts to move this topic there, but in the future, what you want to do is go to the home page and scroll down to the list of "communities" (ie, forums) and select one first.
Thanks for the info on how you posted...  many of us regulars have been wondering why so many misplaced posts have been showing up in this forum lately!  That's valuable information that we can use to alert the hosts to a potential problem with the interface of the site.