diff --git a/etc/MAILINGLISTS b/etc/MAILINGLISTS
index 743c82d64bb..ff3d5013b74 100644
--- a/etc/MAILINGLISTS
+++ b/etc/MAILINGLISTS
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
       GNU Project Electronic Mailing Lists and gnUSENET Newsgroups
-			 Last Updated 1999-05-06
+			Last Updated 2004-10-19
 
 	   Please report improvements to: gnu@gnu.org