From: EFN Autoresponder <usenet@news.efn.org>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 95 13:42:02 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: lwall
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DO NOT PANIC!  REMAIN CALM!  READ *ALL* OF THIS MESSAGE BEFORE GETTING UPSET!

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Path: mars.efn.org!cs.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!overload.lbl.gov!emf.emf.net!hilbert.dnai.com!nbn!miwok!news.zeitgeist.net!ack.berkeley.edu!not-for-mail
Subject: lwall
Message-ID: <PINE4545-dhfsdkjc@ack.berkeley.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: ack.berkeley.edu
Organization: cypherpunks
Lines: 2
From: cypherpunks@toad.com
Distribution: world
Newsgroups: alt.test
Date: 6 Feb 1995 19:34:19 GMT

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