To: [log in to unmask] FROM: LTC Bruce Bachus, (703)325-3865, DSN:221 Subject: Paying for lists Just out of curiosity, is the trend to *charge* subscribers to allow them to subscribe to a list? I run several lists and don't charge anything. Its a service provided. I think many list owners do the same -- volunteer their time and effort for the good of the list. Not really sure why they (we) do it, but we do anyway. I am subscribed to this one list (I won't mention the name here), that has somewhere around 2500 subscribers. Its list owner has been soliciting payments from the subscribers ($50). They use Listmanager (commercial I think) as their list manager software. I was going to inform them that they could solicit a "home" from lstown-l for probably the cost of a smile. I was even considering putting them up on our host (we run LISTSERV), but unfortunately, we are military-oriented and the list wouldn't qualify. Thoughts? Cheers, Bruce Bachus --