[Public-List] The end is nigh!

[rmglover1]

Bravo George—!

On Tuesday, June 2, 2026, Jonathan Bresler via Public-List <
public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> George,
>
> Thank you very much for running and maintaining the mailing lists over the
> span of decades.
> Your efforts provided the entire Alberg 30 community with a method of
> communication and opportunities
> that would never have been available to us otherwise.  As time has passed,
> the effort required of you
> to make sure that the mail is received, distributed, and arrived has
> increased greatly.
>
> Thank you for all you have done of so many of us for so long,
> Jonathan
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM John Irving via Public-List <
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for all you’ve done to keep us informed and on 5he right track.
> > I’m sorry to say I’m selling my A30 Scotch Bonnet.  We had a good run!
> >
> > > On Jun 2, 2026, at 10:41 AM, George Dinwiddie via Public-List <
> > public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > I've received notification from my hosting provider that they will
> > cease to support this mailing list effective July 21, 2026.
> > >
> > > That probably won't affect your life very much. The list is pretty
> quiet
> > in recent years as people have moved most of their communications off of
> > email and onto various social media sites. If you'd like to preserve some
> > of the messages from this list, you can download them from the message
> > archive at http://lists.alberg30.org/pipermail/public-list-alberg30.org/
> > and this will also be going away.
> > >
> > > I really appreciate everyone who has participated in this list. I
> > started it around 1998 using the ONElist service (
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ONElist) which then merged with eGroups
> and
> > was then acquired by Yahoo! Yahoo started adding "web bugs" to track
> > viewing of the messages, so I decided in June of 2000 I registered the
> > domain alberg30.org and hosted it on a provider that offered 'mailman'
> > mailing lists. It's been there for the last quarter century, quietly
> > facilitating conversations between Alberg30 sailors and aficionados.
> > >
> > > - George
> > >
> > > --
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >  When I remember bygone days                         George Dinwiddie
> > >  I think how evening follows morn;            gdinwiddie at alberg30.org
> > >  So many I loved were not yet dead,           http://www.Alberg30.org
> > >  So many I love were not yet born.                          also see:
> > >               'The Middle' by Ogden Nash     http://idiacomputing.com
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> --
> Jonathan M Bresler
> S/V Constance Alberg 30 #262
> Annapolis/Eastport MD
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