[Ads-l] Gibberish persists...

[Geoffrey Steven Nathan]

Alas, instructions sent out earlier this afternoon have no effect on the gibberish that sometimes shows up. I followed John Baker's instructions, got the confirmation shown here:

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and the message below came in about an hour later

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From: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> on behalf of Michael Newman <Michael.Newman at QC.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 8:43 PM
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: WOTY candidate (in some category)

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Sender:       American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Poster:       Michael Newman <Michael.Newman at QC.CUNY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: WOTY candidate (in some category)
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