How prevalent is the silent "t"

[Mark Mandel]

Is it possible that they are being maliciously subscribed by other parties?

m a m

On 6/10/07, James Harbeck <jharbeck at sympatico.ca> wrote:
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> OK, that was just me getting indignant again. How on earth do these
> people subscribe to the list? I have never in my life seen this sort
> of thing before I joined this list -- people subscribing to a list
> and then somehow being unaware that the emails they are getting from
> it are from the list they subscribed to, and in reaction heaping
> abuse on those who post to the list and even libelling them. It's
> really getting on my nerves.
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> James Harbeck.
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