The original mail from JFT on this issue went
out on November 30, 2008. It is copied in its
entirety below. Their attempts to satisfy the
AAWS requirements were not enough so they sent
out their final mail (posted on AAHL by Dudley
D) on 12/30/08.
-- G

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Sunday November 30, 2008
Subject: Changes to JFT! email service.

The "Just For Today!" daily email service has
been available five days each week since
September 1995. To date, volunteers have sent
out over 31 million emails to subscribers like
you located all over the world.

Unexpectedly, we were given notice on Wednesday
by AA World Services, Inc. that we must stop
using AAWS-copyrighted material, effective
today. Therefore, we will change the format of
the daily emails in the following ways:

Three days a week you'll receive excerpts
from the first 164 pages of the first edition
big book now in the public domain.

Two days a week you will receive an item of AA
related history or trivia that we think you
will find interesting.

Although we would prefer not to lose the oppor-
tunity to be of maximum service to any of our
current subscribers, if you find that this new
format is not useful in your program of recov-
ery, you can opt out following the instructions
at the bottom of this email or any of the daily
messages.

If you agree that this new trial format sounds
interesting and potentially helpful, you need
do nothing but sit back and enjoy the service
that has been provided, uninterrupted, for the
last 691 weeks.

Thank you for letting us be of service to you
... and, as always, JFT! remains absolutely
100% free of charge and without advertising.

Yours in Fellowship,

"Just for Today" volunteers Bob B, Bob M,
Carl J, Jenny MM, Scott B, Terry H, and
Doug B.

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The AAHISTORY.COM webpage is at:
http://www.aahistory.com/
http://www.aahistory.com/jft.html
c/o Doug B. (Riverside, California)
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Original Message from: DudleyDobinson@...
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 4:14 PM
Subject: Just For Today made to stop emails
by AA World Services


From Dudley Dobinson, a recovered member of
AA in Ireland:

http://www.aahistory.com/ has a notice that
their Just For Today emails have had to be
stopped. As they announce it on their webpage:

http://www.aahistory.com/jft.html

Dear "Just For Today!" members,

As of December 31, 2008 we find ourselves at
the end of an unplanned transition. Our last
email has been sent, dear readers, until we
can find some suitable material to pass on to
you that can be emailed around the globe
without restrictions.

It's been sheer joy being of service to you
for these last 4,850 days. (One at a time.)

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An explanation is given in an email they have
sent around to various people:

"AA World Services has asked us to cease and
desist sending AA materials outside the US,
in violation of international copyright
agreements. It?s virtually impossible to
police who is in the US and who isn?t, so
we?re ceasing publication rather than risk
legal action by AAWS."

"Our last posting comes from the first edition
of the book, Alcoholics Anonymous, printed in
1939 by Works Publishing Company, pages 178-179
(currently page 164 in the 4th edition of the
same title)."

"Our book is meant to be suggestive only. We
realize we know only a little. God will
constantly disclose more to you and to us.
Ask Him in your morning meditation what you
can do each day for the man who is still sick.
The answers will come, if your own house is in
order. But obviously you cannot transmit
something you haven't got. See to it that your
relationship with Him is right, and great
events will come to pass for you and countless
others. This is the Great Fact for us."

"Abandon yourself to God as you understand
God. Admit your faults to Him and to your
fellows. Clear away the wreckage of your past.
Give freely of what you find and join us. We
shall be with you in the Fellowship of the
Spirit, and you will surely meet some of us
as you trudge the Road of Happy Destiny."

"May God bless you and keep you - until then."

Sincerely,

Bob M., Scott B., Terry H., Carl J., Bob B.,
Jenny M., Doug B., Barbara P., Ken P., Roger B.,
Bill B., Seth P., Luke J., and the late Herb K.