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>>You might find it convenient to read via a netnews reflector such as
>>[mpc|muc].lists.freebsd.questions
>
>I've never heard of this before.  Could you please explain what [mpc|muc]
>means?

It's unix shorthand for "either mpc.lists.freebsd.questions or
muc.lists.freebsd.questions".  See e.g. grep(1), regex(3), etc.

-Mitch


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