Subj: Re: PLEASE REMOVE
Date: 98-02-12 13:34:05 EST
From: Chyral
To: [log in to unmask]
Sincere apologies to anyone not interested in this, or who thinks I'm speaking
out of turn....
For those of you who have "lost" this information, here is the Welcome letter
we all received when we first subscribed to the list.... save it to disk, or
print it out for future reference. :) It comes in handy if you need to leave
for a while, or would rather get the postings once a day as a digest, or
"need" to find that post that you remember someone writing six months ago....
Art is a busy guy, who, out of the kindness of his heart, and his love for the
music, provides us with a place to discuss the Connells . As far as I can
tell, all he asks of us is that we make note of these listserv commands. I
think we are getting a pretty good deal, don't you?
Pax,
Cheryl
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