Alan Hewat wrote:
> Lachlan, the listserver is simply a machine. There are no anarchic
> sub-routines and machines don't (intentionally :-) persecute people.
>
> If people "drop off the mailing list" it is almost certainly because their
> local mailserver has been re-configured, or else they have subscribed or
> re-subscribed with a return email address that, after some time perhaps, is
> no longer delivered by their local server.
Thanks - this makes more sense. Though if you beta test enough
new software you could start believing in anarchic sub-routines and
things of similar ilk (if time is divisible by 1024 and filename
starts with j, do something bizzare, etc)
Lachlan.
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