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Date:         Sat, 2 Apr 1994 15:01:54 -0600 (CST)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Gerald Skerbitz <gsker@lenti>
Subject:      New listprocessor

This is a rather trepid announcement of my installation of the
listprocessor software.

The list is still called vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu, but you can send
help,subscribe,unsubscribe,set vanagon digest messages to listserv@lenti.med.umn.edu

As soon as I get a welcome message together, I'll post it to the list
so you can forward it to your friends.

If there are any problems, I'll probably see them, but please send
mail to me as gsker@lenti.med.umn.edu if you see them first or you
need some help with something.

Also, if you can spare a few seconds to quickly respond to this note
so I know it got out there somewhere, that'd be nice (I can do that
while the list is still small. <smile>)

Thanks,

-- Gerry

Since there was a list to post the above announcement to, there must
have been a predecessor.  Joel? Ric? Derek? Steve J?

I joined in about February '95.  Using Lynx and Gopher on a Mac IIsi
over a dialup connection IIRC.  Fer sure Gopher is what found the list
for me.

Total number of users subscribed to the list:    828 as of 2 minutes
ago.

Jim