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Subject: Re: (Thunderbird won't let me cross-post.)
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On Wed, 4 Sep 2024 16:53:59 -0500, Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 9/3/2024 6:52 PM, HenHanna wrote:
>>  >>>  (Thunderbird won't let me cross-post.)
>
>E-S is killing a lot of cross posts as spam.
>Lynn

+1

cross-posting should never have been enabled in the first place,
most especially since the c. 1993 "eternal september" holocaust

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