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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 18:40:23 -0400
From: "David Witbrodt" <dawitbro AT alpha DOT delta DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: djgpp mailing list oops
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DJ,

  I noticed that I stopped getting messages on 9/2 (I think), and went
to the website to see if I was still listed.  When it told me I wasn't
on the list, I guessed that I had goofed up something with the
automated message I had received a few days before.  My understanding
of THAT message was that if I did nothing, I stayed subscribed.  So, I
just figured I had misunderstood, and resubscribed myself.
  I apologize for not sending you, or someone else, a message.  I try
not to bother busy people with simple questions (unless I don't like
the person ;-)  so I thought it better NOT to mention.
  If I ever notice something like this happening again, what do you
recommend that I do?


Dave W.

"... for if leisure and security were enjoyed by all alike, the great
mass of human beings ... would learn to think for themselves; and when
once they had done this, they would sooner or later realize that the
privileged minority had no function, and they would sweep it away." -
Emmanuel Goldstein


DJ Delorie wrote:
> 
> I don't know why, but on Sept 1st around noon EST the djgpp mailing
> list file was emptied.  That means no email, no archives, no gateway
> to new.  I've recovered what I suspect is mostly the right list by
> scanning my sendmail logs, and I'm working on fixing the archives.
> I've also added yet another level of security and backup to the list
> files (I *do* do backups, but I didn't notice this soon enough, and
> the backup file I needed got rotated out).
> 
> So, if you know of someone who still isn't getting djgpp email, please
> just have them re-subscribe.
> 
> Sorry for the inconvenience.
> 
> DJ