I agree. You have to understand I am in College paying all my tuision
with a part-time job. (actually looking for one, company decided they wanted
someone full-time, couldn't do it)
    I have on list on my ISP, my main one. The service is not that great.(no
digest for one) (EsoSoft offers better, at same price, but don't care for
thier Server software).
    The one I am moving is on e-groups (Find Mail), I can't afford to pay
for 2, so users sent in money for the new service. But these people also
like to send WAV and pictures, so they want a decent service.
    I don't understand why ListServ is so expencive, and why I can not find
anouther host that has it besides LSoft.
    I understand about the free lunch, and I agree to pay up to a specified
amount, or a little more. I have lost users because of no Digest on my main
one. The main one was done 2 times this year, and that is the pay one, the
free one, other than some glitches keeps on chugging along. Go figure.
    If anyone would like to host my main one for free, please let me know.
It is about Computers (Computer Talk Shop), and is an active mailing list.
Tech. support, discussion...... The one on the free service(CTS-Personal),
is for off topic posts for the main one, and I would expect this on to be
hosted for free, as it has no intrest to the outside world.
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volumes about his laziness. --Mark Kennedy
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Lester <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, October 01, 1998 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: Looking more Mailing List Sources


>At 04:36 PM 10/1/98 -0400, Eric Vogel wrote:
>>    $180 for 100 users a year is too much. I have 240+ and growing, all of
a
>>sudden I just started getting a surge in subscribpsions. do you know of
any
>>cheaper Hosts that provide ListServ?
>
>I continue to be amazed at all the people who think there is, or ought to
>be, a free lunch.  LSoft writes the software, so they don't even have to
>pay to use it.  So would it be likely that anyone who has to license it
>would be able to offer any sort of decent service at a LOWER price than
>LSoft can?   I'm not saying that no one does.....but I'll bet that it isn't
>both cheaper and better.
>
>If you want lousy service on a bad line and crappy software, go to one of
>the freebie places.  In this world you get what you pay for.  If you can't
>afford to pay, you can't afford to play.  The same rules pertain to
>hunting, camping, auto racing, traveling, and even drinking.  To quote one
>of the great American commentators of this century: "Wake up and smell the
>coffee!"
>
>cheers
>
>dan
>
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>