It may be appropriate also to "remind" everyone....
:-)
-mark
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From: A mailing list for discussion about Sun Microsystem's
Java Servlet
API Technology. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Pier
P. Fumagalli
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 4:48 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ANN] LIST POLICY
As the new "moderator" of this list, with the new year, it
seems appropriate
to remember to everyone what the list policy is. I'll try to
forward this
once a week, or every two, as it is very important to keep
this community
healthy and with a high ratio of signal-noise.
Thank you all for listening :)
Pier
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Pier Fumagalli - Sun Microsystems Inc. -
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d) Some FAQs that may help you
<http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets>
<http://www.purpletech.com/servlet-faq/>
<http://www.interpasnet.com/JSS/textes/servfaq.html>
We encourage you to help out with the maintenance and growth
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And now back to servlets...enjoy !
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