Friends of the Dickens Forum,

     We have just received a post sent to Dickns-l and ending with this 
sentence:

"Failure to do so within 24 hours will immediately render your e-mail 
account deactivated from our database."

     This appears an obvious scan, and without waiting to consult our 
departmental expert,  we thought
  it best immediately to say we will ignore the message and advise you 
to do the same.

Patrick McCarthy
Editor, Dickns-l
Professor Emeritus
U.C. Santa Barbara