Just got this auto responder in re of my question to the list. Someone from carid.com seems to have their inbox routed to their company's support box.
The email address had formally been moderated so replies went to the queue rather than automatically to the list.
I had to research - and realized this auto-response falls under the same behavior as an automatic vacation message. The address is now on no-mail status per the AUP <https://nanog.org/governance/corp/aup>, number 6.
Cheers,
Valerie
Valerie Wittkop
NANOG Program Director
Tel: +1 866 902 1336, ext 103