From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 4 10:17:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA02431 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 4 Feb 1997 10:17:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.gte.net (mail1.gte.net [206.124.65.236]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id KAA02418 for ; Tue, 4 Feb 1997 10:17:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from Pwestid.leonardo.net (Cust36.Max11.Los-Angeles.CA.MS.UU.NET [153.34.75.164]) by smtp.gte.net (SMI-8.6/) via SMTP id JAA20324; Tue, 4 Feb 1997 09:36:50 -0600 Message-Id: <199702041536.JAA20324@smtp.gte.net> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Westside Marketing Group" Organization: WMG To: "promote" Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 01:32:41 +0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Advertise To Over 500,000 People For only $49.95 Reply-to: westside@gte.net Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.42) Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hello, I would like to introduce you to Westside Marketing Group. 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