Date:         Mon, 8 Jan 2018 08:18:38 -0800
Reply-To:     Steve Williams <sbw@SBW.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Steve Williams <sbw@SBW.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Gerry List
Comments: To: Jim Arnott <jr.arnott@GMAIL.COM>
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On 1/7/2018 8:19 AM, Jim Arnott wrote:
> So… A minimum of $5k when all is said and done. Plus someone with the knowledge & time to set it all up.

I run a few email lists through my hosting provider Webfaction, who use
the Mailman open source software.  It would be zero marginal cost to
have them fire up another list for Vanagon.com on my account.  The cost
to create a separate Webfaction account for this purpose would be $120
per year minimum.

This is the best supported email list hosting I've found, after trying a
bunch of different things.

Webfaction does not support hosting such email lists at the customer's
domain, i.e. gerry.vanagon.com.  So I usually set up email forwarding
and web redirects so most stuff doesn't change.  What would change is
the set of email commands and, of course, the appearance and function of
the web control panel.

I have the time right now to set this up, support a migration, and get
the current list maintainers up to speed.  That's Tom Carrington and Jim
Arnott, if the lists's web site is up to date.

Jim, if you (and Tom) would like to consider this, please contact me.

Here's an example of one of my email lists:

https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/marker12
(in support of http://marker12.org/)

Webfaction:

https://www.webfaction.com/?aid=9485

(Full disclosure: I get a cut of new accounts created through that link.)