Re: Closure of the europa mailing list

[Keira McKenzie]

Well, before we all get annihilated in cyber space, I would like to say
thank you.  I have learned so much that has been invaluable,
thought-provoking as well as plain fun.
And thanks to you as well, Jeff.

Keira

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Foust" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <europa@klx.com>
Sent: Saturday, 26 February 2005 4:15 PM
Subject: Closure of the europa mailing list


>
> Hello,
>
> For the last several years I have been hosting this mailing list, which
> was originally intended to facilitate communications among those
> interested in the Europa Icepick mission concept.  That effort has long
> since faded away, and the mailing list has been used primarily for
> sending press releases and sporadic discussions on topics usually not
> related to Europa or spacecraft missions to it.
>
> While I would be content to let the list linger on in this condition
> indefinitely under ideal conditions, the growing avalanche of junk
> email that this list attracts is putting a growing strain on the server
> that hosts not just the list, but several web sites and one large email
> distribution list as well.  This makes it increasingly difficult to
> support the operation of this list.
>
> Therefore, I must sadly inform you that this list will be shut down in
> one week, on Saturday, March 5.  At that time the list will no longer
> relay messages and the list of subscribers will be destroyed.
> Hopefully, this one-week period will give any interested parties the
> time needed to create and announce a new list to the group.  Again, I
> regret having to make such a move, but the current state of Internet
> email traffic leaves me no other options.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jeff Foust
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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