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Was anyone else here on the old STFC Mailing List (the [email protected] one)?

Just spotted some of the messages from it as I was moving my emails to my new MacBook, looks like I have 3000 plus from around 1999-2001'ish. Anyone else got any?

I'd be interested in browsing those

yeah and me. Anyway of archiving them up?

Sounds like a couple of social lives need a boost!

I've lived here for nearly a year and don't know a single person outside of work :/

It's also something to pass the time when I'm on nights this week.

Haha. I'm skint until next week. This week has been, long, slow and mostly sober (well on three nights).

Yep, since 2001.

What since 2001?

You haven't had a life since 2001 then like Ben and Sonic?

Or you've got an archive of the mailing list since 2001?

Am I confusing this with the Yahoo! group list?

No life since 2001 either!

What's the Yahoo group list? I take it that's what you've got an archive of? Would be good to share that as well I reckon.

The one I'm on about was an old fashion mail relay list thingy, ran by Leigh Collett I think.

I'll sort out what I've got and post an archive. Not sure of the actual number of emails I've got, there is 12k of them but it looks like there are a lot of duplicates hence my 3k estimate. Reckon I've probably got some more somewhere.

Though I'm sure someone else will have some tucked away somewhere.

What became the yahoo one was going strong as far back as 1996. Then message boards killed the mailing list star. What is this @networksuk.co.uk imposter?

edit:
Johnny, the yahoo one was run by Leigh Collett. I assume that @networksuk.co.uk was either an alias for the same list, or the yahoo predecessor that used to run on majordomo software (can't remember the posting address so it may have been this)? Can't remember when it migrated to yahoo groups.

The yahoo group is still going (sort of).

I thought Leigh ran the Yahoo list as well, maybe it's an early ancestor of the Yahoo list?

http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/stfc/ - you can search messages back to day one, so there's your archive!

Except the yahoo group was merely a continuation of the original mailing list - the old server went and yahoo was its replacement. And so there are loads of mailing list posts that aren't archived!

I wasn't aware of the Yahoo one. I'm guessing the one I'm talking about was the predecessor as it was definitely run by Leigh Collett at the time, pretty certain he worked at Networks UK (or whatever they were called) and used their systems for it. Looks like it was started in 1994 by Chris King.

Yeah must be the same one. If you left before 2001 you wouldn't have known about the switch to yahoo.

It's all about old websites.

http://replay.web.archive.org/20000903031515/http://www.swindon-town.co.uk/

Looks like I did know about the switch to Yahoo - one of the last emails I've got is from Leigh about the switch.

It looks like I've got a complete'ish run of the old list from October 1999 to the end, though there are some gaps.

I miss the Fanny Forum.

http://replay.web.archive.org/200102010621/http://www.swindonfc.co.uk/

Wonder if Woan will be fit? We really need him back for Wrexham.

I joined the list in my last year at university - which was the 1994-95 season.  As shit seasons go, that was almost as bad as this one, but it was good all the same.  It was the first time I'd ever had e-mail...fair to say I was a little addicted to that list.

Hmm, I was on some mailing list 1995/1996, so must be one of these talked about.    I dropped off after 1996 and change of job though.   Were fun those lists I remember.

Ha, I hadn't found this before.... the beginnings of Swindon-Town-FC.co.uk from October 1999:

http://replay.web.archive.org/19991013042430/http://website.lineone.net/~rbanyard/swindontown/index.htm

.... wish I'd have kept the images!!