From auto-replier-daemon@BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU Wed Aug 28 01:34:09 1996 Received: from MIT.EDU (SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.72.1.2]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with SMTP id BAA10324; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 01:34:08 -0400 Received: from BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA09554; Wed, 28 Aug 96 01:33:05 EDT Received: (from daemon@localhost) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) id BAA10125; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 01:32:13 -0400 Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 01:32:13 -0400 Message-Id: <199608280532.BAA10125@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU> To: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Subject: Re: uk.media.tv.sf.x-files FAQ v3.50 (0/7) References: <199608280531.BAA03029@cutter-john.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199608280531.BAA03029@cutter-john.mit.edu> From: auto-replier-daemon@BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU (do not reply to this address) Comment: send comments to news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Precedence: junk [This is an auto-reply message.] As of 1996/08/28, our incoming mail queue is 449 messages deep. 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