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From: davidk@dartvax.UUCP (David C. Kovar)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: Re: Computerized form letter generators
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Date: Fri, 6-Jan-84 22:07:40 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan  6 22:07:40 1984
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	One of the more interesting computerized form letters that
I have ever seen was a 'ding letter' received by a friend looking
for a job after graduation. `Ding letters' are those letters
that companies send out by the thousands that start like:

	" After a careful review of your application, we regret
	to inform you ... "

He got *three* of the same letters, two sent out one day and one
the next. He wrote back offering to redesign their mailing system
and received two responses to that one ...

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