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<p>As the NW-Mailing-List approaches 30 years of existence, the time
has come to make some changes.</p>
<p>The Mailman software which has been running the list for over 21
years has become unsupportable. Complying with the increasing
number and complexity of anti-spam and other e-mail filters on the
Internet has reached a breaking point. Our provider Pair.com
announced that they will end support for mailing lists at the end
of this year.</p>
<p>After reviewing our options, we determined that <b>groups.io</b> is
our best option for continuing to maintain the NW-Mailing-List.<br>
Groups.io expanded features such as file and photo sharing should
make the NW-Mailing-List a better tool for sharing our collective
knowledge and resources. Another consideration was that groups.io
will not resell our email addresses or target marketing material
to you.<br>
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<p>Sometime <b>Wednesday </b>you will receive an email from
Groups.io notifying you that you have been added to the groups.io
NW-Mailing-List. A link is included in the email for logging in
and establishing an account password. (Yes another darn password!)
Fortunately you will not need the password to participate in the
NW-Mailing-List. Messages will continue to be email based although
now a web interface is available for those that prefer that
choice. The difference will be that emails will be sent to <<b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@groups.io">nw-mailing-list@groups.io</a></b>>
instead of to the nwhs.org domain. </p>
<p>As we make this transition, <b>check your email spam settings</b>
and make sure the address <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:nw-mailing-list@groups.io"><nw-mailing-list@groups.io></a> is
whitelisted so you will see all the messages from the list.</p>
<p>If you are already using groups.io with the same e-mail address,
NW-Mailing-List will show up in Your Groups.<br>
If you are new to groups.io, please click on the link included in
the email to establish a password to go with your email address.
This will unlock a web interface where you can customize the way
messages are sent and received from your account.<br>
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<p>If you want to opt out of the new mailing list, email Ron at
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:davis@nwhs.org"><davis@nwhs.org></a> before noon on Wednesday. If you miss the
deadline, there will be a link in the groups.io email to
unsubscribe.</p>
<p>Thank you all for participating and contributing to this amazing
source of N&W/VGN information.</p>
<p>Ron Davis</p>
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