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Gossip, rumour, intrigue... svfig's relief-valve. Twenty-kilobyte ceiling on posts. Rather than attach even a very important binary attachment, upload it to your website, & post its url. To see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the svfig-open Archives.
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