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Dow Hurst wrote:

 > That is a good idea of using the mailman interface.  Hadn't thought of
 > that. Plus, pinging is so much fun due to the creative pong's.
 > Sometimes a pong just makes the day a good one.
 > Dow
 >
 >
 > Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
 >
>  
> 
>>>> I haven't gotten any mail from ALE in about 18 hours.
>>>> Testing to see if I'm still on the list.
> 
> 
>  
> Please do not "ping" the list. Sending email to hundreds of people
> to find out if you are subscribed to a list is not only rude, but
> it is a waste of bandwidth and decreases the signal to noise ratio
> of the list. To find out if you are subscribed, use the mailman
> interface linked to at the bottom of every email sent to the list.
>  
> You can also view the archives, and see if the last message there
> matches the last message you have received from the list. If so,
> then you are probably still subscribed, and the list is still active,
> even if it hsa been a whole 18 hours since the last post.
>  
> --
> Greg Sabino Mullane greg at turnstep.com
> PGP Key: 0x14964AC8 200406110751
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