Re: This list is active.

CC> Send a blank message to [email protected], like 
CC> it says in the headers of each message you get.

TS> So, you're instructing these people - who are willing to 
TS> browse through the archives before asking already answered
TS> questions again - to send approx. 1500 messages to Dan's 
TS> mail server to get 1500 messages back?

Retrieving past messages from some server somewhere and reading them is 
an unavoidable and integral part of browsing a mailing list archive.

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