At 09:35 9/21/2005 Wednesday, Scott Elder wrote:
>I'm the Listserv administrator for the University of Houston.  We are
>preparing for a possible direct hit from Hurricane Rita on Friday, and we
>are looking for someone who would be willing to host a list for us for a few
>days -- to be used on a backup basis only -- if our Listserv host were to
>become temporarily unavailable during the storm.
>
>It is an announcement-only list for official university announcements to
>students, faculty, and staff. The list would not be high-traffic and
>probably not used at all (with any luck).  It would need to be in place,
>probably a week at the most.

If I may be permitted to put in my 2-bits ... wouldn't a [relocated] WEB site provide "better" access?  

The following "off the top of my head" thoughts are just that ... in context of an institutional emergency announcement list relocated to another site:

1) for subscribers to access mail, you usually need a userid/password to that already subscribed list

2) authentication services may be problematic

3) frequently, a POP or IMAP server which may be problematic

Now if you are "borrowing" another workstation, either from a friend, or public lab/library especially in an unfamiliar environment/setup, there may be workstation or personal "client" issues, especially if you don't remember details of POP/IMAP server, use of a different userid/password, storage/caching of details.

Thus, I would think that a publically accessible WEB page on a familiar resource that requires no authentication by the client would be the superior solution for the situation sighted/sited/cited.

/Pete

PS -- see also:

http://www.tulane.edu/