On Tue, 6 May 1997 04:54:27 +0200 Eric Thomas said:
>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.


One minor addition to what Eric said; you could charge a very small
subscription fee to the list subscribers ($1 per year?).  That would
give you $10,000 with which to pay for a service (or buy your own
PC and run Listserv on your own).

I have considered that for a couple of the lists I run....