those colons again

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From: Laura Creighton
Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1985 15:54

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Some people have names with have an umlaut in them -- like Bjo:rn.
They stick colons into their names to indicate this. It freaks out
certain mailers that we all know. I think that the mailers should be
changed -- though this is another ``locking the barn door after the
horse has escaped'' problem.

Laura Creighton
utzoo!laura

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