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Subject:A brief intro and a few newbie questions From:newsletters -at- benbailey -dot- net To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 27 Oct 2003 13:53:47 -0700
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