[Coco] Retiring mailing list on January 1, 2026

[John Guin]

Say Dennis,

I know this will spin into a few different threads about how to move forward and that is fair enough.

But from all of us, I wanted to make sure you hear "THANK YOU" for the decades that you hosted this email list.  I have my own archive of bits and pieces I have saved over the years and never really realized how long you have made it possible for me to keep receiving good information from this community.

So a heartfelt thanks is headed your way - I truly appreciate everything you have done for the Coco.

Onward!
John Guin

-----Original Message-----
From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> On Behalf Of Dennis Bathory-Kitsz via Coco
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2025 1:09 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Cc: Dennis Bathory-Kitsz <dennis at maltedmedia.com>
Subject: [Coco] Retiring mailing list on January 1, 2026

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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