[Coco] Retiring mailing list on January 1, 2026

[Eric]

I'm on board with this idea!!

On Sun, Sep 28, 2025, 8:16 PM Fred Hicks via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> I made this offer a few years ago when this topic came up.  I have a
> Mailman server that I have been in charge of for over 20 years at the
> university I work at.  I am now the CIO and can make sure it sticks around
> for quite some time. :)  If that is of interest please let me know and I
> can have it set up.
>
> Best
> Fred
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM Dennis Bathory-Kitsz via Coco <
> coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>
> > After all these years, this message came an hour ago from Pair Networks,
> > where I lease my server:
> >
> > [
> > Several years ago we began phasing out the PairList service by disabling
> > new list creation. Today we are announcing its final End-of-Life date:
> > January 1, 2026.
> > You are receiving this notice because your Pair Networks hosting account
> > still has an active PairList.
> > Over time, the free PairList mailing list program (based on GNU Mailman)
> > has become unreliable as most mail hosts now require strict email
> > validation standards (SPF, DKIM, DMARC). PairList cannot support these
> > features, causing messages to be delayed, marked as spam, or rejected.
> > Because of this declining reliability, we believe the service no longer
> > meets our standards and will be discontinued.
> > PairList has served our users well for many years. While we are sad to
> > retire it, we are exploring a more reliable replacement service for the
> > future.
> > ]
> >
> >
> > I will download all the content and make it available on a
> > password-protected page -- at some point when I have the time, that is.
> >
> > If you like, you can sign into the list with your credentials and
> > download the GZip'd archives yourselves, about 270 files monthly from
> > October 2003 to the present.
> >
> > In the meantime, and while I wait to hear from Pair about their
> > suggestions for migration, CoCo group suggestions for migration are
> > welcome.
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> >
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> >
>
>
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