Here is the message from the Owner:
Please note that this change does not impact those that receive IDMS-L traffic directly from
LISTSERV or through some form of local redistribution. This change should, most likely,
impact only those that monitored IDMS-L traffic via Newsreader software.
Additionally, the IDMS User Association is nearing completion of their
efforts to host CA-IDMS discussions on a new site. Please watch IDMS-L and the IUA's web
site, WWW.IUASSN.COM, for details about their new initiatives with electronic forums.
The list has served as a vehicle for sharing technical information among members of the IDMS
user community. While not a service of the IUA, IDMS-L and the IUA have always had
compatible goals.
I am pleased to report that the IUA's initiative to augment its member services with
email-based forum(s) is scheduled for debut in mid-June. These new forum(s) will replace
IDMS-L. List hosting and management roles will be provided by the IUA. Watch IDMS-L for
details about this exciting new member service.
Transitioning to the new list will require that interested parties resubscribe. As has been
standard policy for many years, IDMS-L's subscriber list has not and will not be disclosed
to anyone, even the IUA. The list has NEVER been released to any party.
While I cannot control those parties that "datamine" list traffic for addresses, I do have
the ability to control access to IDMS-L's subscriber list. I have always considered email
address privacy to be a very important issue.
If you take exception to those parties that direct unsolicited email to your mailbox, please
express your displeasure to them and not me. Rest assured, the IDMS-L list definition is
NOT the source of their user-defined distributions.
In closing, I have been custodian of this public good for quite some time. I am excited
about the new opportunities that the IUA's initiatives will provide to its constituency.
I am also indebted to my colleagues at The University of Georgia (UGA), a major Southeastern
BITNET/CREN and LISTSERV backbone site. The list would not have become a reality without
their assistance and support.
Regards,
The Newsgroup feed of IDMS-L traffic, bit.listserv.idms-l, has been closed. This gated feed
was provided by American University, as a public service.
Per their advisories, the hardware that supported the gateway has been removed and will not
be replaced.
James Bradshaw,
IDMS-L Listowner
Farewell Note from James Bradshaw
Dear friends and colleagues,
For more than a decade, IDMS-L has been a personal endeavor. The list was created to extend
to the IDMS community, the same benefits, that I had discovered through participation in
IBM-MAIN and CICS-L LISTSERV forums. I thought this especially important, due to the
denouement of Cullinet in 1989.
James Bradshaw
IDMS-L Listowner