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For private lists, it is also required to type in a password. The teaching staff
of the course can provide usernames and passwords. These are not the same as
your email username and password. They can be changed only by the course
teaching staff. When posting to a private list, be very careful to type the
username and password exactly as given to you by the teaching staff. Usernames
and passwords are case sensitive and can read white space. So input these values
vary carefully or you will not be able to post.
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Can I put HTML tags anywhere in my posts?
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Colons appear in the message dialog box when you try to followup up on a
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