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How do you retrieve messages that have previously been posted?

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R. Baker Kearfott,       rbk@louisiana.edu      (337) 482-5346 (fax)
(337) 482-5270 (work)                     (337) 981-9744 (home)
URL: ftp://interval.louisiana.edu/pub/interval_math/www/kearfott.html
Department of Mathematics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
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