Indo-European list resumes service 1 October 2000

[Rich Alderson]

Dear readers,

I thank you all for your patience in the last months, when the Indo-European
list lay dormant due to circumstances beyond my control.  The server from
which the list originates was blacklisted as a spam haven, and I have had
to spend a great deal of time modifying the mail system to deal with that
fact, since it affects not only these lists, but e-mail in general for my
company.

At the same time, my professional responsibilities have blossomed, so that
I have often not had the time to respond to queries about the list, for
which I apologize.  I could not make a general announcement to the list,
for the same reasons which kept the usual traffic from going out.

I propose to start sending out the mailing list again as of 1 October 2000.
This message is intended to allow those who decide not to continue with the
list time to unsubscribe.

Finally, to remind everyone how this list is supposed to work, I include
the latest version of the policy statement sent out as a welcome to new
subscribers.  If you note differences from the reading when you first got
a copy, remember that we all have more experience with the list than we
did then.

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I hope this list will meet everyone's expectations.

								Rich Alderson
								List owner and
								moderator