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Date:         Mon, 10 Apr 2000 14:48:10 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Organization: The Cobalt Group
Subject:      Email alias @vanagon.com
Comments: To: Ron 'Coyote' Lussier <coyote@MACROMEDIA.COM>
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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

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