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Hi, all.  Just a couple of housekeeping notes in between the normally
scheduled civil interaction here....

MYSTERIOUS ERROR MESSAGES
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A few people have reported that when they recently sent a message to the
list, they got back a mysterious error and were not sure whether their
message had been successfully delivered.

In the event of errors affecting the list's delivery, the list software
attaches a snippet that tells the mail system at the other end to send
those errors to me and my sidekick, Tim O'Connor at NYU.

Unfortunately, there is a system in the U.K. that does not appear to honor
the "Errors-to:" information, and instead sends it back to the author of
the mail.

So, if you have sent mail recently and received an error that showed this
in at least part of the header:

	Administrator@csunt2.napier.ac.uk

... then you are seeing this problem.

I've temporarily removed the subscriber from the list, so this should
cease.  But please keep in mind that the list still delivered your mail
despite the one bounce to the system in the U.K.


A BOOK CLUB
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There's been a lot of positive reaction to the notion of creating a second
list for members to read a specific book and then have a period of
discussion time focused on that book.  It seems as if there are more than
enough people interested, so I think we can proceed.  From the bureaucratic
end here, I can get it done most efficiently if I tied it to this list
(e.g., BananaBooks) rather than make it seem like an official NYU list.  If
you have any thoughts on this, please send them to me (not to the list!).


CONCLUSION: BLAH BLAH BLAH
===========================
Thanks to everyone for participating in, and calming down, the recent
turbulence we have experienced.  I don't think anyone quit the list because
of it, and hope the people who remain are mindful of how unintended or wry
remarks can cause a strong reaction.

As usual, best to all, with hopes for an eventual publication of Hapworth,
peace on the list and on the ground, and good health to our 79-year-old
patron saint and collector of small details, JDS.

--tim o'connor

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