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On Feb 2, 2006, at 4:52 PM — 2/2/06, Winship wrote:
> Eric Thomas wrote:
>> dead addresses, making backups, etc. As an illustration, a
>> typical hobby
>> list would cost on the order of $500-1000 a year. An active
>> list could
>> cost $10k or more a year. This may not be much for the
>> advertisement
>> manager of a large company, not when compared to print adverts,
>> but what
>> about the rest of us? I know L-Soft hosting customers cannot
>> afford the
>> price increase that would be necessary to cover an identification
>> fee of
>> five figures PER DAY.
>
> I run my lists (all discussion lists for particular professions) from
> generous academic host sites. About a year ago I checked with Eric
> as to
> what it would cost to have one of them hosted at L-Soft. Ten thousand
> dollars per year is about what he told me back then. That was
> daunting,
> but with this extra fee ....
>
> I didn't move any of my lists to L-Soft hosting, but what I would
> like to
> know is what, if any, impact this stuff will have on academic LISTSERV
> host sites.
Speaking as a LISTSERV site manager at an academic institution, I am
wondering the same thing. Without specific details as to pricing and
policy from Goodmail.com, one can only speculate at this point in time.
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