Folks, Esosoft, the company that owns mailinglist.net and the server hosting this mailing list, is partnering with a company called Topica, and is changing the format of all hosted mailing lists. Currently, all list owners have been given an option of either moving their lists over to Topica, or not. Not means that those list owners would be on their own to find another host. I've gotten word that those lists not moving to Topica by tomorrow will be going away completely. In the meantime, I've been in touch with two sources who are willing to host the modslist in its current majordomo format. However, while I have been moderating this list over the past few months, I am not the list owner. Lisa Gerson is the owner of the modslist and as such, the decision about what to do about modslist is ultimately up to her. I have been sending her emails with no reply over the past few days. At the end of my workday today, I will acquire a complete list of email addresses subscribed to modslist and modslist-digest. Should Lisa allow modslist to go away, I will be setting up shop on one of the other two possible servers, and reinstating the same subscription details as are currently in place. The upshot is that there may be a brief interruption in modslist mailings within the next few days. If so, rest assured it will return, albeit on a new server. Brian Poust
