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[SG] faulty instructions?

>Date:         Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:01:43 -0400
>From: "L-Soft list server at St. John's University (1.8c)"
>              <LISTSERV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
>Subject:      You are now subscribed to the shadegardens list
>To: Margaret Lauterbach <mlaute@micron.net>
>Reply-To: shadegardens-request@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
>X-LSV-ListID: PRIMROSES
>
>Wed, 14 Jan 1998 12:01:43
>
>Your subscription to the shadegardens list (PRIMROSES) has been accepted.
>
>Please save this message for future  reference, especially if this is the
>first time you subscribe to an  electronic mailing list. If you ever need
>to  leave the  list,  you  will find  the  necessary instructions  below.
>Perhaps  more importantly,  saving a  copy of  this message  (and of  all
>future subscription notices  from other mailing lists) in  a special mail
>folder will give you instant access to the list of mailing lists that you
>are subscribed  to. This may  prove very useful the  next time you  go on
>vacation and  need to leave  the lists temporarily so  as not to  fill up
>your  mailbox while  you  are away!  You should  also  save the  "welcome
>messages" from the  list owners that you will  occasionally receive after
>subscribing to a new list.
>
><snip>
>You may  leave the list at  any time by sending  a "SIGNOFF shadegardens"
>command to LISTSERV@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU. You can also tell LISTSERV how
>you want it to  confirm the receipt of messages you send  to the list. If
>you do not trust the system,  send a "SET shadegardens REPRO" command and
>LISTSERV will send you  a copy of your own messages, so  that you can see
<snip>

These are the instructions that I received upon subscribing.  Apparently
incorrect?  Why weren't all subscribers given the same information?
Margaret
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