The LincolnTalk email listserv has changed service providers, meaning anyone who wants to post email messages for other Lincolnites on the list to read should now send it to lincoln@groups.io rather than lincoln@lincolntalk.org.
Everyone who was subscribed to LincolnTalk has been automatically subscribed to the new service and received an automated email about this on Dec. 29, 2025. The LincolnTalk.org website — which has instructions on how to subscribe as well as FAQs and Rules and Policies governing what may and may not be posted — has also been updated.
A few months ago, the LincolnTalk volunteer moderators (Jonathan Feinberg, Margit Griffith, and Jena Salon) learned that Pair Networks, the service provider that LincolnTalk has used since its inception in 2013, would be discontinuing its PairList service, which provided the Mailman software system. In late December, Feinberg migrated members to the new service, though the old email address will also continue working for a while.
Members can log on to the new website at groups.io/g/lincoln to change their settings such as how often they get LincolnTalk emails and to search the new lincoln@groups.io archives (messages posted starting Dec. 29, 2025). Everyone was issued a password when they first joined LincolnTalk, but anyone who’s forgotten theirs can click on the “Forgot your password” link directly under the password box. The old Mailman system allowed only browsing by date and sender. List members can still browse the old LincolnTalk archives by clicking here, and an indexed list of service providers recommended by LincolnTalk members over the years is available here.
Under subscription settings (groups.io/g/lincoln/editsub), users can specify daily batches of emails, an email with the last 12 posts, only special notices sent by the moderators, or no mail at all, in which case they can still use the website to browse and search previously posted messages. There are other optional new features as well. Go to groups.io/settings/prefs to add a profile picture or pre-specified email signature to outgoing LincolnTalk messages.
As before, posts will appear without moderation unless a specific user is put on moderation, meaning the user has violated the rules of use (for example, policies on civility and personal attacks) and will be barred from posting for a period of time determined by the moderators, who can be reached directly at lincoln+owner@groups.io.
While emails sent to the old lincoln@lincolntalk.org email address will still go to list members during the transition period, the old service will soon be shut off (exact date to be determined), so list members should update their email address books to lincoln@groups.io now, Feinberg said.
The Mailman service cost about $100 a year — an expense that was borne by the moderators — but the new service is charging about $2,000 a year. The moderators will be setting up a donation link and noted that if all 2,021 LincolnTalk members contributed just $1, it would cover costs.
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