[WEB4LIB] RE: commercial list hosters

[Raymond Wood]

Friday, October 25, 2002, 8:07:13 AM, you wrote:
> After years of using Listserv, I can't recommend it highly
> enough. The latest version, 1.8e, (which I have not used) has
> virus protection and a web interface for list management. They
> also offer list hosting for those that can't host their own
> lists. The scalability and security are very, very good.
> Self-hosting prices can be prohibitive to some depending on
> your setup and subscriber volume (several thousand dollars),
> but I've no idea of the cost of getting them to host for you.
> (http://www.lsoft.com/)

I believe I've missed the first part of this discussion, but for
free mailing list software there seem to be 2 main options these
days that I am aware of:
  1. Mailman would be well worth looking at, although I would
     recommend scalability tests for *really* large lists.
  2. Majordomo is worth a look if Mailman doesn't scale.

Why pay more?

My $0.02,
Raymond