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From: Birkir R. Gunnarsson
Date: Aug 24, 2025 4:40AM

Thanks Jared and team for running this show for us.
I started bugging people on here around 15 years ago as an aspiring
unemployed software engineer looking for a career change. Thanks in large
part to this list and the awesome people on here I learned enough to get
into the digital accessibility business.
It is, as I usually say in my presentations "the best job I wish I never
had", because in the perfect world accessibility wouldn't be the
responsibility of a relatively small community of experts, it'd be built
into everything. Still, we've come a long way towards that goal in the last
decade though there's still a much longer way to go.




On Sun, Aug 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM Srinivasu Chakravarthula via WebAIM-Forum <
<EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> This has been my first mailing I got subscribed to in 2005 when Ibstarted
> my accessibility journey.
>
> Thank you Kared and entire WebAIM team.
>
> Regards,
> Srinivasu Chakravarthula
> Director of Accessibility
> Freshworks
>
> Sent from Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
> > From: WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> > on behalf of
> ecrire--- via WebAIM-Forum < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2025 4:01:44 AM
> To: WebAIM Discussion List < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Cc: <EMAIL REMOVED> < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> Subject: Re: [WebAIM] Decommissioning the WebAIM email discussion list
>
> Dear WebAim,
>
> I want to thank you for giving us this valuable forum for over 2
> decades. It has been one of the most important tools in the field and
> also contributed immensely to the web accessibility community. You will
> be missed.
>
> Best,
> Catherine
>
>
> On 2025-08-22 17:11, Jared Smith via WebAIM-Forum wrote:
> > It is with sadness that I share that effective next Wednesday, August
> > 27th, this email list will be shut down.
> >
> > Unfortunately with modern spam filters and complex and inane
> > requirements for sending bulk emails (especially on behalf of others)
> > it has simply become untenable for us to maintain the list. Many of the
> > major email providers are currently blocking all list messages from
> > being delivered and no suitable resolution has been achieved with them.
> > Our hardware – which has sent 10s of millions of emails – is nearing
> > its end of life. We have also seen a drop in participation and content
> > quality in recent years. We’re very sad to see it go, but it is time.
> >
> > The WebAIM list was started almost 26 years ago with a small group of
> > WebAIM staff members conversing back and forth. Since then there have
> > been nearly 50,000 distinct messages distributed to thousands of
> > subscribers. Once described as “the water cooler of web accessibility”,
> > the list has provided invaluable information sharing and collaboration.
> > The list archives (https://webaim.org/discussion/archives) will be
> > maintained to provide ongoing access to this body of knowledge. WebAIM
> > also hosts a blog (https://webaim.org/blog/), monthly newsletter
> > (https://webaim.org/newsletter/), and will host another WebAIM online
> > conference (https://conference.webaim.org/) next month – all to support
> > the incredible WebAIM community.
> >
> > We’re grateful to all of you for your participation over the years!
> >
> > Jared Smith
> > Director, WebAIM
>
>
>

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