I have repeatedly replied so many mails concerning about a document I have
sent to different people. I have no knowledge of where these email addresses
come from, and would advise everybody to DELETE any attached document with
my email address. These attachments might carry some virus, and it might
affect your computers. So, for safety purpose DELETE any attachment with my
email address.

Thanks.

----- Original Message -----
From: "L-Soft list server at St. John's University (1.8d)"
<[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2005 12:51 PM
Subject: Your message to [log in to unmask]


> Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:51:24
>
> Your message to [log in to unmask] has been forwarded
> to the  "list owners" (the people  who manage the GAMBIA-L  list). If you
> wanted to reach a human being, you used the correct procedure and you can
> ignore  the remainder  of this  message.  If you  were trying  to send  a
> command for the computer to execute, please read on.
>
> The  GAMBIA-L list  is managed  by a  LISTSERV server.  LISTSERV commands
> should    always    be   sent    to    the    "LISTSERV"   address,    ie
> [log in to unmask] LISTSERV never  tries to process messages
> sent to the GAMBIA-L-request address; it  simply forwards them to a human
> being, and acknowledges receipt with the present message.
>
> The "listname-request" convention originated on  the Internet a long time
> ago. At  the time, lists were  always managed manually, and  this address
> was defined as an alias for the  person(s) in charge of the mailing list.
> You would write to the  "listname-request" address to ask for information
> about the list, ask  to be added to the list,  make suggestions about the
> contents and policy, etc. Because this  address was always a human being,
> people  knew and  expected to  be  talking to  a  human being,  not to  a
> computer.  Unfortunately, some  recent  list  management packages  screen
> incoming  messages  to  the  "listname-request" address  and  attempt  to
> determine whether they are requests to  join or leave the list. They look
> for words such as "subscribe," "add,"  "leave," "off," and so on. If they
> decide your message is  a request to join or leave  the list, they update
> the list automatically;  otherwise, they forward the message  to the list
> owners. Naturally, this means that if  you write to the list owners about
> someone else's  unsuccessful attempts to  leave the list, you  stand good
> chances of  being automatically removed  from the list, whereas  the list
> owners will never receive your message. No one really benefits from this.
> There is no  reliable mechanism to contact a human  being for assistance,
> and you can never  be sure whether your request will  be interpreted as a
> command or as a message to the list owners. This is why LISTSERV uses two
> separate addresses, one for the people in  charge of the list and one for
> the computer  that runs it.  This way you  always know what  will happen,
> especially if you are writing in a language other than English.
>
> In  any case,  if your  message was  a LISTSERV  command, you  should now
> resend it  to [log in to unmask]  The list owners  know that
> you have  received this message and  may assume that you  will resend the
> command  on your  own. You  will find  instructions for  the most  common
> administrative requests below.
>
> *********************
> * TO LEAVE THE LIST *
> *********************
>
> Write to [log in to unmask] and, in  the text of your message
> (not the subject line), write: SIGNOFF GAMBIA-L
>
> ********************
> * TO JOIN THE LIST *
> ********************
>
> Write to [log in to unmask] and, in  the text of your message
> (not the subject line), write: SUBSCRIBE GAMBIA-L
>
> ************************
> * FOR MORE INFORMATION *
> ************************
>
> Write to [log in to unmask] and, in  the text of your message
> (not the  subject line),  write: "HELP" or  "INFO" (without  the quotes).
> HELP will give you a short help  message and INFO a list of the documents
> you can order.
>

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