[Buddha-l] Guidelines for Contributers to Buddha-L

[Jim Peavler]

After yesterdays horrors, I thought it might me worth while to resend the 
welcome message that is sent to all new subscribers.

 GUIDELINES FOR
> CONTRIBUTORS (revised 13 March 2005)
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Jim Peavler
jmp at peavler.org