Coyote: Somehow I missed your original post on this. Yes, this would be worth $25 a year for me, too! And the idea of it being just an alias is a good one. (Keeps it simple and portable) Thanks for considering this. Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy Santa Barbara, CA
> -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf > Of Stuart MacMillan > Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 2:48 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Email alias @vanagon.com > > > Sure, I'd pay $25/year, this is a great idea! > > Ron 'Coyote' Lussier wrote: > > > > > What if some nice sysadmin were to remotely configure and > > > maintain email accounts at > > > vanagon.com for all the list members... or some subset of > > > listmembers that were willing to > > > chip in a nominal fee. And then the stickers were printed with > > > enough blank space to allow > > > for listmembers to write in their handle with a sharpie marker? > > > > > > Then you could catch up to that proverbial Champagne '87 Syncro > > > westbound on I-90 and > > > actually see that it was "foo@vanagon.com" in front of you? > > > > I've actually thought about doing this, but it's somewhat > complex. First, > > it would require quite a bit more security for my server, > which is a Windows > > 2000 box sitting next to my bed. Secondly, it would > require a better email > > system, which would cost $$$. > > > > This isn't impossible, and may be worth discussing. Would people be > > interested in this if I charged, say, $25 / year for an > email account which > > forwarded to another email address? > > > > Coyote > > > > -- /\_/\ ____ > > Ron 'Coyote' Lussier ( ) \ _/__ > > coyote@macromedia.com \ / \X / 1991 Syncro Westy > 'Francis' > > 1.650.481.4847 \_/ \/ San > Francisco, CA > > -- > Stuart MacMillan > Manager, Case Program > 800-909-8244 ext. 8208 > Fax: 206-269-6360 > > Getting your share of the Net yet? > http://cobaltgroup.com > http://UsedEquipNet.com >
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