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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Moderators 3 Mailing list history 4 Members 5 External links 6 See also

[edit] Introduction

This mailing list is for discussion related to the rock band The Police as well as their various solo projects. It has been in existance since February of 1991 and is most likely the longest running Police fangroup organized on the internet, still in existance in 2007.

[edit] Moderators

• Pete Ashdown is the owner of the mailing list, which basically runs unmoderated.

[edit] Mailing list history

• The mailing list was created on February 20, 1991 by Pete Ashdown. It was originally hosted on javelin.sim.es.com.[1]

• On December 12, 1991, Pete Ashdown posted that he needed to find a new home for the mailing list as he could no longer use his work site due to the traffic it (and other music lists he ran) was generating.

• On February 12, 1992, the mailing list moved to a new server at cindy.ecst.csuchico.edu.

• On October 5, 1993, the mailing list moved to bobby.ecst.csuchico.edu.

• By early 1994, the mailing list had moved to xmission.com, where it has been located ever since.[2]

[edit] Members

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[edit] External links

• The Police mailing list info page @ xmission
• Early archives of the mailing list, from 1991 - 2001

[edit] See also

• Mailing list
• The Police

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