After 18+ years of the WLUG mailing list being graciously hosted on
the WPI campus network at no cost to WLUG, we must move to an external
mailing list host as WPI prepares to shut down its Linux email
infrastructure after moving to Microsoft Office 365 in the cloud.
Phase 1 begins Monday, July 23, 2018, but the shutdown for third-party
domains like wlug.org is planned for mid- to late-August.

Luckily, we have a new sponsor who has generously offered to host our
mailing list at no cost on Mailman 3 with Hyperkitty!  We are
currently setting up the new mailing list and working out the details,
but I wanted to send out a "heads up" message to everyone before
anything changes.

The plan is to set up the new host in parallel with the existing host,
but this necessitates a change in the mailing list address.  I also
plan to copy the existing subscriber list (and archives if possible)
over to the new list, but if that isn't possible I'll let everyone
know.

More details will be coming soon.  I'll also update the WLUG website
http://www.wlug.org/ with the new mailing list details when we are
ready, so watch that space in case we lose the ability to send to the
old list!  Worst case, we have the subscriber list backed up and could
send an email to everyone individually if it becomes necessary.

Thanks,
Chuck
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