[CQ-Contest] Proposed EOL for 3830 at contesting.com

[Art Boyars]

Argh!  Another busted QSO!

Dave said "3830 mailing list" and I logged it as "CQ-Contest".  QTA.  (I
had forgotten there was such a thing as the 3830 email list.)

But the expanded thanks and kudos still stand.

73, Art K3KU

On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 8:13 AM Dave Pascoe <km3t at km3t.org> wrote:

> 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 (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 at 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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