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09 May 1993 20:21:07

This is a pre-recorded message. You are by the (blessings/non-blessings) of
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this is to inform you of important news regarding issues related to the
Federal Goverment and the new National Forest Regulations. Send email to
chicken@darkstar.cygnus.com for more information.

The archive server is presently broken, so in the mean time you can
anon ftp the archives from darkstar.cygnus.com in /pub/rainbow.

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