P3D Re: free email service

[Ronald Beck <ronald-beck@xxxxxx>]

> >PLEASE DON'T ! I'm in digest mode from the beginning and I've great
> >fear for getting all those 20+ eMails a day in my mailbox which is already
> >'floated' everyday. Please keep it the way it is now and only use the
> >'free mailing list' solution for really 'bad times'. There was a service
> >set up
> >recently which only had a couple of test messages and showed up to be
> >not nessecary after all.
> >
> 
> One of the reasons I'm looking at onelist is that it has most of the
> features that I have implemented here at the current time, including
> options for either ack or digest mode. I'm thinking we might try it
> for awhile and see how it goes. It can also be set up for approval
> for subscriptions, but after you are subscribed, you can post without
> having moderator approval, etc.
> 
> If necessary we can always switch back.
> 
> THANKS


eGroups.com also offers this type of service.  And, as a bonus, you can
change your subscription type from ack (get each message as it's posted)
to digest (a once-a-day compilation) to web-read (aka vacation mode)
through your browser.  You can also read the postings via browser if you
want.

It also has moderator privs of various sorts if you want to set those as
well.  It also protects your email address from "spammers" by only
allowing members of the group to see the email list (if wanted, or
nobody can view the email list) as well as replacing the last character
of the name with a "-".

Although it has ads (small sig ads on each mailing) with the "free"
service, many on the list have expressed a willingness to fund the
"non-ad" service of $4.95/month ($60.00/yr).  

I've used eGroups.com to set up a mailing list for our church.  Seems to
have gone over pretty well.

Hope this helps,
Ron


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