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> On Feb 17, 2016, at 1:01 PM, Larry Alofs <lalofs@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> So, Jim,
>  What did 71 of us do or not do that caused us to be so lucky?
> 
> Does the listserv give us any clue whether our renewal was successful?
> 
> Thank you for your stewardship.
> 
> Larry A.
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 10:05 PM, Jim Arnott <jr.arnott@gmail.com> wrote:
> gerry decided that 71 addresses needed to be verified today. If you get a renewal notice please just send an email with CONFIRM vanagon in the body of the message to listserv@gerry.vanagon.com and you’ll be golden.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Jim Arnott
> List Admin
> vanagon@gerry
>