<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Thanks for everything, Mark</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">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!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Here's to the next 30 :-)</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Paul Leeks</div><div>100/6 BN4</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 07:00:05 -0600<br>
From: Mark J Bradakis <<a href="mailto:mark@bradakis.com" target="_blank">mark@bradakis.com</a>><br>
To: "<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>" <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br>
Subject: [Healeys] 30 years. 3 decades<br>
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On this day 30 years ago Team.Net came into being.? The British-cars <br>
mailing list was already going strong, an offshoot from rec.autos Usenet <br>
group.? 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 <br>
peak.? For a while it was pretty much the only game in town.? 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>
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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.? Back in the beginning, I had to do *everything* by hand, <br>
so to speak. Subscribes, unsubscribes, errors, I was spending 10, 15, 20 <br>
hours a week maintaining the server.? The first server had a 100 MHz <br>
processor.? Things have changed.? Back then just having a fast network <br>
connection at a residence was rare and expensive.? Good old DSL.? I <br>
remember that time when my service provider went belly up, and team net <br>
was off the air for 11 days straight.? I don't miss those days at all.<br>
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Anyway, happy birthday to those of you still here.? I hope I can <br>
continue to provide a useful service for years to come.<br>
<br>
mjb.<br><br>
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