It has been my pleasure to contribute over all the years! It is literally due to this mailing list that I became known as TMAC!
Quick story:
I worked at NetApp a LONG time ago (Employee #147) when this mailing list started. I would sign all my work with "--tmac". Fast forward 3 years...at NetApp Sales Kickoff. I am intoducing myself ... Hi I'm Tim McCarthy. Quisical looks. THen I say ...TMAC...and the usual reply was "Oh! Your're THAT GUY"
So it stuck.
Appreciate what this list did for the community.
Good luck Tom! --tmac
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On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 2:45 AM Tom Yates via toasters < toasters@lists.teaparty.net> wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Tom Yates madhatter@teaparty.net To: toasters@lists.teaparty.net Cc: Bcc: Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:45:34 +0100 (BST) Subject: Administrivia I think this list has finally, after slightly more than 29 years, run its course, and unless I hear some cogent objections, I propose to turn it off on 30/6/2026.
I know it's been useful to some of you over the years, because you've been kind enough to tell me so. I will try to keep the archives up on a read-only basis somewhere; I suspect much of it is now of academic interest only, but deep in my grubby little soul I remain of an academic bent, so that's reason enough for me to try.
Thanks to all of you for making the list worthwhile. Special thanks to NetApp for tolerating its existence right from the early days, and a couple of times intervening on my behalf to ensure deliverability inside NetApp.
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Tom Yates - http://www.teaparty.net
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On 2026-06-19 09:45, Tom Yates via toasters wrote:
I think this list has finally, after slightly more than 29 years, run its course, and unless I hear some cogent objections, I propose to turn it off on 30/6/2026.
TY for all those years since the 1990s -- well done.
A just now recalled that side effect (if you like) this list experienced; the time period with controversy over the name "teaparty.net". I guess all parties are over at some point.
I joined this list in the late 1990s (1998 I think) and it was always a place with extremely high SNR. All the way up 'til now. Although I didn't contribute at the level of TMAC and a few others (due to lack of time) I always read the posts and got useful knowledge for my work out of >50% of them. My own archive of saved posts has been used from time to time to search for technical detailed information. That's rather unique IMO for a mailing list of this vintage.
Cheers, /M
I know it's been useful to some of you over the years, because you've been kind enough to tell me so. I will try to keep the archives up on a read-only basis somewhere; I suspect much of it is now of academic interest only, but deep in my grubby little soul I remain of an academic bent, so that's reason enough for me to try.
Thanks to all of you for making the list worthwhile. Special thanks to NetApp for tolerating its existence right from the early days, and a couple of times intervening on my behalf to ensure deliverability inside NetApp.
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Michael Bergman -
tmac