I got one. I just deletted it. Soneone on another list said it's generated
by a virus.
I didn't even open it.
Carolyn kj4vt

  At 02:37 AM 4/17/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Everyone;
>
>Has anyone received messages like this and, is their anything I should do
>about it?
>
>Thank you.
>
>73 De Anthony W2AJV
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>ECHOLINK NODE NUMBER: 74389
>
>Fri, 16 Apr 2004 23:12:05
>
>Your message to
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>has been forwarded
>to the  "list owners" (the  people who manage  the BLIND-X 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  BLIND-X list  is managed  by  a LISTSERV  server. LISTSERV  commands
>should    always    be   sent    to    the    "LISTSERV"   address,    ie
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>LISTSERV never  tries to process messages
>sent to the  BLIND-X-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
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>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
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>and, in  the text of your message
>(not the subject line), write: SIGNOFF BLIND-X
>
>********************
>* TO JOIN THE LIST *
>********************
>
>Write to
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>and, in  the text of your message
>(not the subject line), write: SUBSCRIBE BLIND-X
>
>************************
>* FOR MORE INFORMATION *
>************************
>
>Write to
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>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.