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Re: [CQ-Contest] Proposed EOL for 3830@contesting.com

To: Art Boyars <artboyars@gmail.com>, CQ-Contest Reflector <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Proposed EOL for 3830@contesting.com
From: Dave Pascoe via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Reply-to: Dave Pascoe <km3t@km3t.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2023 08:13:44 -0500
List-post: <mailto:cq-contest@contesting.com>
Good morning, Art.

Lots of others to thank over many years....N5KO, K5TR, AD1C, W4AN (SK).

I never saw 3830 as a discussion forum, even though it may have been used that way from time to time. Or maybe you are referring to CQ-Contest, which is not going away. This is just about 3830.

73,
Dave KM3T


On 12/11/23 7:13 AM, Art Boyars wrote:
Years' of thanks and kudos, Dave

CQ-Contest Reflector's score reporting function did well evolve to 3830score.com <http://3830score.com> (thanks and kudos, WA7BNM).

But the Reflector's function as a discussion forum -- should SOA be same as SO?; what chair works best for you?; "listen to this story", etc. -- would/will need a new home. (Some of these topics show up on the N1MM Group; they often get bounced over to CQ-Contest).  Any ideas/plans on where we can do that?

73, Art K3KU

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
    <http://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 <http://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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