On Fri, 16 May 1997, Douglas Helm wrote:

At 01:20 PM 5/16/97 -0700, Damon Casale wrote:

When I first got my account with this ISP, I'd already decided that I
wanted a different type of account than is normally available.  This is
a business ISP, which means it caters to its customers, for a price.
I'm paying $45 a month for 15 megs, PLUS...

Is that what this is about, control?

No.  In fact, I don't envy WWolf his job.  This would be a serious drain
on my free time, probably more than the list traffic the FFML is
generating and sending my way now, now that I think about it.  I'm
interested in seeing the volume reduced and social interaction
stimulated.

Money?

No.  I'm just saying I'm paying extra so that I *can* provide this
service.  I don't mind the overhead, especially if it means that the
net.community can benefit.

I pay $120+ a month for my
services I'm quite content in having the list the way it is.

Just out of curiousity, were you here before March, 96?  I want to know
if you realize just how different the list was, all the way back then.

I'm *not* content with the list the way it is now.  I know it can be
better, and that's what I'm aiming for.

I've read your arguments and I'm still not convinced.

Oh well.  *shrug*

Ultimately however this is up to WW.

Essentially true.  I *could* try doing this on my own and trying to get
people to jump on the bandwagon, but I wouldn't get very far without
decent mailing list software, first of all.  I think the FFML's mailer
is a cut above Majordomo, from what I've seen.  Secondly, I don't have
the capability to handle all of the sublists that this would generate,
and I'm guesstimating five.  I *might* consider paying more for that
ability, but right now I don't think my ISP even *has* the capability to
handle more than one, or maybe two, mailing lists of about 100 people
each.

Damon Casale, damoo@carmelnet.com
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