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....