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Date:      Thu, 23 Mar 2000 19:59:53 -0800
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>
To:        Toshifumi Kawai <kawai@yyy.or.jp>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 
Message-ID:  <29180.953870393@zippy.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 23 Mar 2000 19:36:46 %2B0900." <4.2.0.58.J.20000323193524.00a3bd50@mail.yyy.or.jp> 

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