From: Paul Robinson <[log in to unmask]> Organization: Tansin A. Darcos & Company, Silver Spring, MD USA ----- "Khatri, Shah" <[log in to unmask]> writes: > We set up a LISTSERV list for a Congressman. However, our liaison > to the Congressman told us the following: > > > Apparently, the House Ethics Committee has to approve such > > things, and as part of their approval process they need to > > know the cash value of such a service (to insure the Reps. > > aren't getting a bunch of special perks, I suppose). > > > We are not charged for email or LISTSERV accounts, so I have > > no idea what to tell them. Has anyone over there ever > > priced-out the cost of delivering email messages, maintaining > > a LISTSERV account, etc.? > What would be the cash value to the good Congressman of having a > LISTSERV list dedicated to him? Inform your liason of a "real world" example. Digital Express, Inc. in Greenbelt, Maryland (a suburb of Washington, DC) will provide anyone with E-Mail access for $15 a month; unlimited service is $25 a month (for FTP and Telnet). This can be confirmed by calling them at (301) 220-2020. Having asked them, a spokseperson said that adding a mailing address for someone would cost $15 to install and $1 a month. So tell the person that a commercial site has a charge of $17 a month, with a $15 installation fee. (Since you need two addresses, the 'list' itself and the '-request' address.) --- Paul Robinson - [log in to unmask] ----- The following Automatic Fortune Cookie was selected only for this message: Get happy!