Long overdue and thank you for all these years!
Ria
N2RJ
On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 6:26 AM Dave Pascoe via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:
> Good morning.
>
> The 3830 Mailing List has been around since at least 1996. My
> recollection is that we had it going prior to that but the current
> archives have been around since January 1996. Over the years it has been
> a useful resource for the contesting community.
>
> It is becoming increasingly difficult to deliver email to certain
> (major) email providers, despite using every required email sending best
> practice. We have subscribers marking email as spam (damaging server IP
> reputation), subscribers who have changed email address and never
> unsubscribed from the list, and many other administrative hassles.
>
> Despite the admin hassles, Bruce Horn WA7BNM's 3830score.com site has
> been wildly successful, and is really the focal point for gathering
> contest scores after contests. It is difficult to imagine that anyone
> would prefer getting an email for every single score that's reported.
> It's not a very efficient use of email.
>
> So unless I hear (really) loud screams before December 31, 2023, I
> intend to decommission this list on that date. You can contact me at
> km3t at km3t.org if you have any comments. The historical web archives
> of the 3830 list will continue to be available.
>
> 73,
> Dave KM3T
>
>
>
>
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