Lawsch-l is a gated newsgroup/mailing list.
 
I've suddenly been getting "possible spam" notices for what appears to be
every posting from netnews to the mailing list. Any idea why this is
happening? I haven't made any recent changes...
 
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>From: [log in to unmask] (Dylan Alexander)
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>Subject: Re: Exam Ramblings
>Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 14:28:49 -1200
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>In article <[log in to unmask]>, John
>Lowther <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>}> My contracts professor at Whittier last year was great.  He was
>}> brilliant intellectually and imaginative yet incisive in class.
>}> Contracts is a year long at Whittier.
>}
>}        Save criminal law, aren't the final four (contracts, civ. pro.,
>}property, torts) year-long courses at ever ABA-approved law school?
>
>Property of any length isn't required at every ABA-approved school.
>
>--
>Dylan Alexander
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