How prevalent is the silent "t"

[Wilson Gray]

Hasn't "secretaries" long since been pc'd into "administrative assistants"?

-Wilson

On 6/13/07, Dave Hause <dwhause at jobe.net> wrote:
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> Possible but unlikely.  Some years ago I learned more than I wanted to know
> about how the listserv software worked and to subscribe somebody else, you
> would have to either be able to send from their account, send "from" them
> (something MS Outlook permits, typically done by secretaries), or spoof
> their return address.
> Dave
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> From: "James Harbeck" <jharbeck at SYMPATICO.CA>
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> >Is it possible that they are being maliciously subscribed by other parties?
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> Not very flattering to us to think it would be malicious to the
> subscribees... But if malicious to us, well, I'm sure there could be
> someone(s) lurking on the list who collect email addresses of
> particularly crusty and dull sorts and subscribe them just to throw a
> bobcat in the swimming pool. I was wondering about that earlier today.
>
> James Harbeck.
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