"SIGNOFF PICLIST" L-Soft list server at MITVMA (1.8c) wrote: > Tue, 8 Sep 1998 12:13:20 > > Your subscription to the PICLIST list (pic microcontroller discussion > list) has been accepted. > > Please save this message for future reference, especially if this is the > first time you subscribe to an electronic mailing list. If you ever need > to leave the list, you will find the necessary instructions below. > Perhaps more importantly, saving a copy of this message (and of all > future subscription notices from other mailing lists) in a special mail > folder will give you instant access to the list of mailing lists that you > are subscribed to. This may prove very useful the next time you go on > vacation and need to leave the lists temporarily so as not to fill up > your mailbox while you are away! 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