Where did soferet go??

amother

OP ↓

Sun, Oct 06 2024, 11:51 am

I thought I was removed from the group because I can't access it anymore. But I see this message when clicking on a link in old emails:

Soferet has been identified as containing spam, malware, or other malicious content.

amother

Rainbow ↓

Sun, Oct 06 2024, 1:44 pm

Same!
So strange!

blueberry32

Sun, Oct 06 2024, 1:47 pm

What is Soferet?

amother

↑ Rainbow

Sun, Oct 06 2024, 2:21 pm

blueberry32 wrote:

What is Soferet?

It's (was?) a Google Group for frum people in the writing field.

theotherone1

Sun, Oct 06 2024, 2:22 pm

a different group that I was in suddenly disappeared with the same message. so it seems to be a google groups issue.

Molly Weasley

Sun, Oct 06 2024, 2:33 pm

amother Rainbow wrote:

It's (was?) a Google Group for frum people in the writing field.

Wow. It's pretty crazy that Google can unilaterally decide to destroy years of work.

seeker

Sun, Oct 06 2024, 2:48 pm

Weird, I'm pretty sure I got their digest email as usual recently. Probably a temporary bug.

amother

Cyan

Thu, Oct 10 2024, 1:28 pm

I'm on Ann Goldberg's email list. She sent out an email:

Quote:

unfortunately Soferet is out of action at the moment.

None of us can post anything including both Yocheved and myself, so we couldn't even let you know.

We hope it is a technical glitch that can be solved - but it will take time.

amother

↑ OP

Wed, Oct 16 2024, 8:16 am

Just got this email

An amazing person on the list was able to extract all of Soferet's emails so I'm resending this to everyone. So sorry if this is the fourth time you've received it.

Hi,

I'm sure that I am not the only one who has been experiencing a personal and professional void in the last two weeks that Soferet has been out of commission.

Since there is no projected time when it will be up and running, and we all need each other to continue in our creative and literary pursuits, I am inviting all of you to join my grow-writing group, which will provide the same forum as Soferet.

As soon as Soferet is up and running again, I will not be offended if you return to it, as I intend to. For many years, Soferet has provided me with job opportunities, friendships, services and a forum for everything else writing-connected. I am deeply appreciative, especially as I feel the gap its short absence has left in my life, and am very grateful to Ann and Yocheved for this.

So in the interim, if you would like to join grow-writing, please send me an email with grow-writing subscribe in the subject line and I will subscribe you.

Please forgive me if you receive this email more than once. Please give me some time to input everyone's addresses. Please share with your writing/editing/proofreading/graphic designing/translating buddies whether they were or were not on Soferet.

Thanks!
Wishing everyone a Gmar Tov and a Chag Sameach!
Rosally
rosally_s@ yahoo