On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:14:43 -0700, Paul Gilmartin wrote: >On 11/05/09 11:17, Rob van der Heij wrote: >> was a valid test in the past (until 3COM got some arms bent for the >> domain). >I was unaware of such arm-bending.
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