Generally we don't like to post a contest that has already been mentioned on the mailing list. The repetion is a bit much for some folks.

The usual way of discovering if a message has been previously posted is to search the archive.

Nope. You don't have to go running through tombs of paper.

Just surf on over to http://www.egroups.com/group/contestcanada and after you sign in you should see the following on the left hand column of the browser's window.

Click on Messages and look for

When you've found it type in the name of the contest or the contest's url much as below

Move the mouse to the Search button and give it a nice friendly tap.

In a few seconds, long enough for one to sip a cup of coffee you should find something similiar to the following:

To read the message(s) that contain the word or phrase you've searched for click on the link below the word "Subject". In this case, the link marked in blue "Off Topic (Coupons)"

The next thing you know - you are reading the message.

Happy Contesting