[Healeys] Healeys Digest, Vol 14, Issue 134

[Paul Leeks]

Thanks for everything, Mark

I've been on this list for 22 of those 30 years and it has provided this
novice with an invaluable source of info; saving me a lot of time,
heartache and money!

Here's to the next 30 :-)

Paul Leeks
100/6 BN4


Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 07:00:05 -0600
> From: Mark J Bradakis <mark at bradakis.com>
> To: "healeys at autox.team.net" <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Healeys] 30 years. 3 decades
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> 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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