Re: Rolled an 18 on porting the list software... it's been fun, thanks!

[<someotherwag@gmail.com>]

Thank you very much for doing this for so long. It was so great to know that
I wasn't the only one who remembered TFT.

--Scott Haley

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From: tft-owner@brainiac.com <tft-owner@brainiac.com> On Behalf Of Joe
Hartley
Sent: Friday, February 2, 2024 7:13 AM
To: tft@brainiac.com
Subject: Rolled an 18 on porting the list software... it's been fun, thanks!

It's with a sad heart that I announce that it's time to close down the TFT
mailing list.  The current brainiac server has been good to me, but it's
getting old and some components are showing their age, especially the SSDs.
Rather than replace them, I've purchased a new server and put a modern Linux
on it, only to find that the sofware that manages the list refuses to work
properly.  I've spent a lot of time (too much, according to some) in trying
to get it to work, but the software has been abandoned for some time now.
I could spend more time installing a new package, but the learning curve is
steep, especially trying to port the archives, and the reality is that
things have moved on.  There have only been eight posts in the last two
years, and it's not enough to justify further effort, so the list will be
going dark over the weekend of Feb. 3rd, 2024.

It's been a great run!

The first message was posted on June 28, 1998 - over a quarter-century ago!
- back when dialup was far and away the most prevalent way of getting
online.
The whereabouts of Howard Thompson were a mystery and the Metagaming games,
especially Melee, Wizard, and TFT, languished in obscurity.

Today TFT is more popular than it ever was.  Steve Jackson was finally able
to recover the rights to his games and the forums at SJGames.com is a
thriving community.

The archives will remain online at https://tft.brainiac.com.

I'm grateful to you all for being such a big part of my life!  I had no idea
when I started the list that it would be such a long-running project, but as
the say, "All good things..." and this has been a very good thing indeed.

Thank you.

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