On Tue, 6 May 1997 00:28:56 +1100 Adam Thyer <[log in to unmask]> said:
>I've noticed that some providers will host Majordomo lists for about
>$100 per year (which I could afford), but I understand that Majordomo
>does not provide automated handling of bounced e-mail, and resolving
>bounced messages has become a very time consuming task.
The main problem though is that $100/year is usually the rate for a small
list. Once you explain that you have 10k subscribers and that your list
is quickly growing and could have anywhere between 30k and 50k within a
year, competent ISPs will want a lot more money and the others will sell
you the service for $100 but then find out the hard way that it is below
their costs. Your best bet is an academic sponsor, or a site like AOL
that runs some mailing lists for free. If this doesn't work you can try
to find a corporate site willing to sponsor your list in exchange for a
banner in the issues.
Eric