From: Baruch Shpirer (Baruch@Shpirer.com)
Date: Tue Apr 15 2003 - 11:44:46 EDT
here you go..
nice place you work in :)
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From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf Of
Short, Anne
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 2:14 PM
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Unsubscribe question
Sorry to have to ask this on the list, but could someone please send me
the information on how to unsubscribe to this list? I've changed jobs,
and in all my clean-up efforts, I've deleted the info on how to do that
or how to even search the archives to find it, since I know its been
discussed before.
Thanks in advance!
Anne Short
Lockheed Martin
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20879
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