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WG3K > ANS 19.08.24 14:30l 34 Lines 1997 Bytes #161 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: AMSAT Mail Alias Service to End August 31, 2024
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A long-standing member service, the AMSAT Mail Alias Service is scheduled
to end on August 31, 2024. A mail alias on AMSAT.ORG permitted people to
send an email to members without knowing their actual internet email
address. They just needed to know their amateur radio callsign.
Unfortunately, the unchecked rise in domain name hacking and email account
high-jacking has made it impossible to sustain this service at a
cost-effective level. The number of callsign@amsat.org email accounts that
had been hijacked and converted to zombie spam accounts over the years had
led many internet service providers and gateway centers to ban all @
amsat.org email addresses, including those business accounts of AMSAT
officers and officials. The tireless efforts of AMSATâÖs all volunteer IT
staff has worked for years to repair much of the damage, but AMSAT still
get complaints from members who are not getting their personal emails, ANS
bulletins or AMSAT-BB posts because of persistent delivery problems.
It has come to the point where the AMSAT volunteer IT staff can no longer
keep up with the maintenance requirements to keep the alias mail list clean
and to work with email gateways to remove blocks. And, after considerable
investigation into alternative paid email services, AMSAT leadership
decided that the money required to keep an email alias system alive would
be better spent on building and flying satellites for its members.
Persons using the Mail Alias Service should begin to migrate to different
email accounts so they do not lose receipt of personal emails, AMSAT News
Service Weekly Bulletins, AMSAT-BB posts, or official messages from AMSAT
itself. Members are especially asked to make sure they are NOT using a
callsign@amsat.org as their registered email address in the AMSAT
membership portal. Members can easily change their registered member email
address by logging into the portal and updating their profile.
*[ANS thanks the AMSAT IT Team for the above information]*
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