[W1SMH] Fw: [SKYWARN_Announce] Special Announcement: SKYWARN Email List Issues Over the Past Year Will Be Addressed By the End of September 2024

[Ray Cord]

FYI
Ray CordDeputy Director Norton EMA508-726-1054 Cell 

   ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: "rmacedo at rcn.com" <rmacedo at rcn.com>To: skywarn announce <skywarn_announce at oak.w1mv.org>Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2024 at 02:09:48 PM EDTSubject: [SKYWARN_Announce] Special Announcement: SKYWARN Email List Issues Over the Past Year Will Be Addressed By the End of September 2024  
 Hello to all…

Please propagate widely to folks and we have posted this message at the top of our wx1box.org web site.

We have continued to receive a number of questions and problems with regard to our SKYWARN Announcement email list within the last few weeks and we wanted to provide an additional update. As stated previously, over the last year, we have had chronic email server issues with the SKYWARN Announcement list due to new spam prevention techniques launched by some of the larger email providers. At first, it was just Microsoft email addresses but it has now spread to Comcast and some gmail users as well.

Our email administrator, Phil McNamara, is looking to address the issue with a new email server that will have new hardware and software that should fix it completely by the end of September 2024. It has taken longer than expected due to unexpected technical glitches and vacation time of a key professional resource that has been assisting on the new email server software and hardware installation.  We are sorry for the issues this causes you or others that are on the announcement email list that haven’t been receiving messages and how its extended into September. All our coordination messages for severe weather are posted via https://www.wx1box.org and via our Facebook and Twitter feeds under WX1BOX on social media until we address the email issues being seen and this has been a standard protocol for years so please look to these sources if you don’t see emails regarding severe weather potential until this problem is addressed.

We appreciate your understanding during this time and we will send an updated message once the enhancements are completed. Thanks to all for your support of the NWS Boston/Norton SKYWARN program and your support of Amateur Radio!

Respectfully Submitted,

Robert Macedo (KD1CY)
ARES SKYWARN Coordinator
Eastern Massachusetts ARES Section Emergency Coordinator
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