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That's amazing, Mark.
I'm trying to remember my original subscription date. I read about
spitfires@autox in "British Car Monthly", if memory serves. 1992-ish, maybe?
Then Spitfires, or majordomo, had a list of all the *other* lists on
team.net.
I remember moving from...aol, maybe, to a different isp, then another,
having to re-subscribe each time.
That was a nice little old guy story, there. Wow.
Best to everybody.
On Sun, Apr 11, 2021, 8:05 AM Mark J Bradakis <mark@bradakis.com> wrote:
> On this day 30 years ago Team.Net came into being. The British-cars
> mailing list was already going strong, an offshoot from rec.autos Usenet
> group. Dale Cook, Jim Muller, then me. Team.net went from 2 lists at
> the beginning, autox and british-cars, and exploded into nearly 70
> different lists with something like 15,000 individuals subscribed at its
> peak. For a while it was pretty much the only game in town. As I
> recall, when I attended the SCCA Solo II Nationals 25th Anniversary
> event, something like 2/3rds of the 1,000+ entrants were on the autox list.
>
> And it amazes me that with such a scatterbrained procrastinator like me
> behind the curtain it is still on the air. It is a lot quieter these
> days, much better software handle many of the janitorial tasks
> automatically. Back in the beginning, I had to do *everything* by hand,
> so to speak. Subscribes, unsubscribes, errors, I was spending 10, 15, 20
> hours a week maintaining the server. The first server had a 100 MHz
> processor. Things have changed. Back then just having a fast network
> connection at a residence was rare and expensive. Good old DSL. I
> remember that time when my service provider went belly up, and team net
> was off the air for 11 days straight. I don't miss those days at all.
>
> Anyway, happy birthday to those of you still here. I hope I can
> continue to provide a useful service for years to come.
>
> mjb.
>
>
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<div dir=3D"auto">That's amazing, Mark.=C2=A0<div dir=3D"auto"><br></di=
v><div dir=3D"auto">I'm trying to remember my original subscription dat=
e. I read about spitfires@autox in "British Car Monthly", if memo=
ry serves. 1992-ish, maybe?</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"au=
to">Then Spitfires, or majordomo, had a list of all the *other* lists on <a=
href=3D"http://team.net";>team.net</a>.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><d=
iv dir=3D"auto">I remember moving from...aol, maybe, to a different isp, th=
en another, having to re-subscribe each time.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></=
div><div dir=3D"auto">That was a nice little old guy story, there. Wow.</di=
v><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Best to everybody.</div></d=
iv><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On =
Sun, Apr 11, 2021, 8:05 AM Mark J Bradakis <<a href=3D"mailto:mark@brada=
kis.com" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">mark@bradakis.com</a>> wro=
te:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;b=
order-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On this day 30 years ago Team.N=
et came into being.=C2=A0 The British-cars <br>
mailing list was already going strong, an offshoot from rec.autos Usenet <b=
r>
group.=C2=A0 Dale Cook, Jim Muller, then me. Team.net went from 2 lists at =
<br>
the beginning, autox and british-cars, and exploded into nearly 70 <br>
different lists with something like 15,000 individuals subscribed at its <b=
r>
peak.=C2=A0 For a while it was pretty much the only game in town.=C2=A0 As =
I <br>
recall, when I attended the SCCA Solo II Nationals 25th Anniversary <br>
event, something like 2/3rds of the 1,000+ entrants were on the autox list.=
<br>
<br>
And it amazes me that with such a scatterbrained procrastinator like me <br=
>
behind the curtain it is still on the air. It is a lot quieter these <br>
days, much better software handle many of the janitorial tasks <br>
automatically.=C2=A0 Back in the beginning, I had to do *everything* by han=
d, <br>
so to speak. Subscribes, unsubscribes, errors, I was spending 10, 15, 20 <b=
r>
hours a week maintaining the server.=C2=A0 The first server had a 100 MHz <=
br>
processor.=C2=A0 Things have changed.=C2=A0 Back then just having a fast ne=
twork <br>
connection at a residence was rare and expensive.=C2=A0 Good old DSL.=C2=A0=
I <br>
remember that time when my service provider went belly up, and team net <br=
>
was off the air for 11 days straight.=C2=A0 I don't miss those days at =
all.<br>
<br>
Anyway, happy birthday to those of you still here.=C2=A0 I hope I can <br>
continue to provide a useful service for years to come.<br>
<br>
mjb.<br>
<br>
<br>
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