Good-day, If you are still in need of a server, we maybe able to assist you in this. But there may be a catch, one that you may not mind. Please call me at 514-990-0556. BTW, we are a Canadian based company. Robert Litchfield Internet Media XM Inc. http://www.intertower.com > Hi, just to introduce myself i'm a student from Nova Scotia, Canada > who has a great idea for a mailing list, but no one to run the list. > Here's my situation... Firstly, I heard about this by searching the > WWW which came up with the address... > > http://www.prodigy.bc.ca/~bedmonds/usenet/ml-providers.txt > > which told me to email both of the above lists to send my proposal > for a list, and that they may be able to suggest a providor that > would be able to host the mailing list for me. > > A month ago, I set up nine mail filtering rules on my pegasus mail > program and started my own makeshift Lifeguard Mailing List. Since > then we've exchanged over 350 messages and have 75 people subscribed > to the list. In order for the list to run, my computer has to be > hooked up to the school network 24 hours a day, and remain on all the > time. This hasn't been a problem yet, but in a week when my exams > are completed, I will no longer be able to run the list, and I would > feel terribly to have the list just finish like that. > > The proposed list would be for lifeguard/first aid instructors and > would be a form for us to exchange new rescue procedures, how to deal > with loosing a casualty, new equiptment, first aid techniques, > facility problems, lifeguard/staff problems, etc. We've already > exchanged lots of new and interesting information all over the world! > And we would like to continue, so that we can provide a forum for > lifeguards to share their personal experiences, triumphs and failures > to make lifeguards better throughout the world. > > The unfortunate thing is that we do not have a mail server to do the > job of remailing every message to our list. I would be more than > happy to continue to moderate/look after the list once it has been > created... its just that no one on our list has the resource of a > mail server. > > I am asking for any information anyone might have on where I could > find someone kind enough to donate a bit of space for our list. > Statistically we have apprx. 60 users with an average flow of 15 > messages per day. > > If anyone would be kind enough to sponsor this list, please email me > privately as I am not a member on either of the lists this post is > being sent to. > > Thank you kindly, > Graham MacKay > >