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.