Re: list servers???

Sorry for not responding earlier. Following clip is kind of long, but 
full of good info.

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There is quite a range of solutions.

- A very quick and easy solution is to use one of several free list 
server services -- onelist.com is a good one. Easy to set up and run, 
works well, but adds an ad to each message.

- If you want to operate your own, on your own servers, there are 
three: The free majordomo; and for-fee listserv and Lyris.

I use Lyris and think it is the best. I am not affiliated -- just a 
happy user. Having run a majordomo-fired list server for several 
years, I am thrilled at having switched to Lyris. Not acquainted with 
ListServ.

For lists with less than 200 names, it's free; above 200 you have to 
buy it but if your time is worth anything, the cost will pay for 
itself.

Advantages are:

- MUCH easier to administer, even by non-technical personnel

- Does a great job of knocking bad addresses off the list after they 
bounce a certain number of times. With 'domo, eventually the bad 
addresses will cause you problems and if you have more than 1000 
people on the list, keeping the addresses clean becomes a pretty big 
issue.

- Much easier for users, especially for unsubscribe.

- Very efficient, even for large lists.

- Their customer support is stellar.

- More customizable if you want to do special things. (If you need to 
do this. I can recommend a consultant: Thomas Berry 
<Thomas.Berry(at)siryl.com> or Siryl Solutions). 

They also will host it for you -- in other words, you don't have to 
run the thing yourself.

See: http://www.lyris.com

Moe Rubenzahl
moe(at)maxim-ic.com

Director of Internet Marketing
Maxim Integrated Products

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There are at least two others that I personally know of:

mailman:  http://www.list.org/

I have a demo/test list on a mailman server.  The web interface for list
management is *very* easy to use, and the web interface for list
subscribers seems equally easy to use.  However, I haven't put a list into
production on a mailman server so I am not yet ready to just say "use it".

listmanager:  http://www.listmanager.org/

I know the author of listmanager, and have been running a 200 subscriber
list on listmanager for about 3 years now.  It is very different from the
other mailing list software packages, but I believe that it is *much* more
powerful.  The customization options available to those who use listmanager
are truly amazing.  If you really have particular ideas about how you want
mailing list software to be configured, take a look at listmanager.

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Subject: list servers???
Author: Lyle
Date: 9/21/00 7:07 PM -0500

>I had a customer talk to me about possibly starting a web based bulletin
>board or a mailing list.  I know what MajorDomo is and I found one company
>that is a list server provider.
>
>Does anyone have any recommendations on software(other than MajorDomo) or
>any companies that provide a bulletin board or mailing list service, even if
>to provide a starting point for pricing??
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Lyle

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