On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 10:14:53 -0600 Zscoundrel <Zscoundrel@kc.rr.com>
writes:
> I am thinking it is time to take control of this list and host it
> someplace else where we can use anti-spam controls.  Either
> the security is so lax that someone is spoofing this ID, or the
> list owner (<owner-kclug@marauder.illiana.net>) is actually
> spamming the list.

http://www.freeshell.org/ does majordomo list hosting for ARPA members
($36 lifetime fee, once-only)
for $30/year.  That is, the person starting the mailing list needs to be
an ARPA member, not necessarily the persons receiving and responding to
the mailing list.

- MLIST ($30 annually)   'majordomo' list
- up to 500 members mailing list archiving
- and digesting, direct management of your
- list and configuration via 'mkvlist'

Their server is running NetBSD 1.6, and SDF (Super Dimension Fortress) at
its core is a UNIX educator resource, so I'd expect that they keep up
with the security patches and so forth.  You'd have control over the
list, real search scripts, and probably better spam controls.

If you guys did something like what SDF does to keep out the spammers
(charges a basic $1 fee for a shell account which includes E-mail) to get
on the mailing list, that would probably cover the annual fee for the
list as well as only allow people who are willing to pay the $1 to have
access to the list, which would keep out most spammers as well.

I don't know if KCLUG has ever charged a membership fee, but $1 annually
is probably within most people's disposable income.