<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp5018ae71yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">A massive Thank You to Mark and all those that work behind the scenes to make this happen. And a second massive Thank You to the many contributors who make it what it is.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I confess to being more of a reader than contributor while I wait for my car (a story for another day). However I look forward to being more active once I get back to "wrenching".</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">In the meanwhile, I raise a glass in "cheers" to the community. Happy Birthday!</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp5018ae71signature"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div>Thanks,<br></div><div>Mike Muller</div><div><span><a shape="rect" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelolivermuller/" style="color:rgb(25, 106, 212);text-decoration-line:underline;font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13.3333px;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelolivermuller/</a></span></div></div></div></div>
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On Sunday, April 11, 2021, 02:10:13 PM EDT, triumphs-request@autox.team.net <triumphs-request@autox.team.net> wrote:
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<div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr">On this day 30 years ago Team.Net came into being.? The British-cars <br></div><div dir="ltr">mailing list was already going strong, an offshoot from rec.autos Usenet <br></div><div dir="ltr">group.? Dale Cook, Jim Muller, then me. Team.net went from 2 lists at <br></div><div dir="ltr">the beginning, autox and british-cars, and exploded into nearly 70 <br></div><div dir="ltr">different lists with something like 15,000 individuals subscribed at its <br></div><div dir="ltr">peak.? For a while it was pretty much the only game in town.? As I <br></div><div dir="ltr">recall, when I attended the SCCA Solo II Nationals 25th Anniversary <br></div><div dir="ltr">event, something like 2/3rds of the 1,000+ entrants were on the autox list.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">And it amazes me that with such a scatterbrained procrastinator like me <br></div><div dir="ltr">behind the curtain it is still on the air. It is a lot quieter these <br></div><div dir="ltr">days, much better software handle many of the janitorial tasks <br></div><div dir="ltr">automatically.? Back in the beginning, I had to do *everything* by hand, <br></div><div dir="ltr">so to speak.? Subscribes, unsubscribes, errors, I was spending 10, 15, <br></div><div dir="ltr">20 hours a week maintaining the server.? The first server had a 100 MHz <br></div><div dir="ltr">processor.? Things have changed.? Back then just having a fast network <br></div><div dir="ltr">connection at a residence was rare and expensive.? Good old DSL.? I <br></div><div dir="ltr">remember that time when my service provider went belly up, and team net <br></div><div dir="ltr">was off the air for 11 days straight.? I don't miss those days at all.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Anyway, happy birthday to those of you still here.? I hope I can <br></div><div dir="ltr">continue to provide a useful service for years to come.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">mjb.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div>
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