Rumours of your death have been great exaggerated... by the subject line. It's a real sob story. Lloyd Wood lloyd.wood@xxxxxxxxxxx > On 15 Aug 2024, at 06:30, Scott O. Bradner <sob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Tomorrow, August 15, Harvard is going to kill sob@xxxxxxxxxxx. > > I normally would not broadcast an address change notice to this list but the address sob@xxxxxxxxxxxx > is present on quite a few RFCs, including the most referenced RFC of all time :-). > > A few weeks ago, I received notice that since my last teaching contract with the university ended on > July 1st their automated processes were going to delete my university accounts on August 15th. > > sob@xxxxxxxxxxx happens to be the oldest email address at Harvard University, I created it when > I set up the first university email aliasing system in the early 1980s. (Before then I was sob at HARV10, > SOB at WJH12 (bitnet) and *!genrad!wjh12!sob) > > But the university values process over history (or at least the automaton that is doing this does) > > so it goes > > So, if you want to get in touch with me, please use sob@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:sob@xxxxxxxxx> > > Thanks > Scott
