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RE: minor stuff...
Kelly Starks writes:
> At 9:47 AM 7/23/96, David Levine wrote:
> >>Actually, I have been thinking about offering this very service. I
> >>have
> >>at least two permanently-connected machines I would be able to run such
> >>a list from (jcomm.uoregon.edu and hexadecimal.uoregon.edu), and this
> >>list is small enough and low enough in traffic that I could even run
> >>the
> >>list manually.
> >
> >Definately make things easier. I guess the main question is how much
> >will
> >the list grow? Perhaps this could be a temporary solution until the new
> >site
> >is up and running, very popular, and a full-blown, multi-hundred-member
> >list
> >seems like a real possibility?
> >
> >
> >David
>
> I was thinking of hosting a mail list newsletter on my AOL account also.
> We should decide this soon. We need to implement something, and I'm
> writing these sections.
I'd be a little leary of trying to run a mailing list out of AOL. At
least from the outside, AOL is notorious for having broken mailers,
delays, and lost mail.
Part of why I am offering to host a list myself is that I can guarantee
a stable system for mail, and good network connectivity through the U of
O.