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 # 2021-12-11
 
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+- [[neil]]
+- [[mailing list]]
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+# 2021-12-12
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+# mailing list
+
+- send email to agora@flancia.org to post to the [[agora]].
+  - by default your email will appear in the [[node]] matching its [[title]].
+