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The original RAV4-L mailing list has been shut down.  Three new RAV4 lists
have been created on the web site Yahoo Groups, formerly known as eGroups:
<http://groups.yahoo.com/>

1) A "Classic" RAV4 Mailing List has been created to cover issues
specific to all model year 2000 and earlier RAV4s
<http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/OldRAV4>

2) A "New" RAV4 Mailing List has been created to cover issues
specific to all model year 2001 and later RAV4s:
<http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/NewRAV4>

3) A general RAV4 mailing list has been created to cover issues 
that relate to all model years of the RAV4:
<http://dir.groups.yahoo.com/group/RAV4>

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