Request about the Zoss Mailing List

[Bob Batson]

An acquaintance of mine is the Listmaster of the Zoss Pens Mailing 
List <http://www.zoss.com/pens.htm> and is looking for another ISP 
that will host his list. Does anyone know of an ISP that would meet 
his requirements? Following's his e-mail to me outlining what he's 
looking for.
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>From: "Thomas Zoss" <tzoss at zoss.com>
>To: Bob Batson <rcb at kc.rr.com>
>Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 14:01:30 -0500
>Subject: Re: Request about the Zoss Mailing List
>Priority: normal
>X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine
>
>Dear Bob,
>
>Thank you for your offer of help. I have no requirement that my ISP be
>nearby and maintain plenty of web sites for clients on other systems.
>Some are more user-friendly than others but my needs are generally
>simple.
>
>I do not know the entire bandwidth information exactly and my ISP is
>cagey. I do know my domain hosting arrangement has 25MB allotted for web
>space and files, of which I only use about 8-9.
>
>As for message traffic in GB, I do not know but can supply the following
>information and suspect a pro can estimate it using the following info. 
>
>The total subscriber base for the pen collectors listerv is about 1550
>subscribers, of which there are about 550 regular and 1000 for the
>digest. The average individual message is about 1.8k, the average digest
>is maybe 32k. There are 4 digests per day. Also, I get about 800-1200
>bounce messages and delay messages a day. 
>
>I also have about 8 POP mailbox addresses on my domain.
>
>As you know, we have a very well-behaved list and nothing out of the
>ordinary regarding demands upon the software.
>
>My wish list would be a place that would host my domain zoss.com and
>offer better software for my pens list.
>
>Generally, the list makes no great demands -
>
>1. We do a regular and a digest version of the list.
>
>2. I have some text that gets attached to the top and bottom of each
>message.
>
>3. Software that strips off HTML and other formatting would be wonderful
>so all messages should go out in plain text.
>
>4. Virus checking is good but not mandatory.
>
>5. Flexibility to switch between moderation modes is useful sometimes.
>
>6. Message screening - only messages from subscribers will be
>distributed.
>
>Thanks for your interest.
>
>=====
>Thomas W. Zoss
>3431 Willow Bend, Bloomington, Indiana 47403-1234
>Telephone 812-332-2334, E-mail: tzoss at zoss.com
>Web site: http://www.zoss.com

-- 
Bob Batson
rcb at kc.rr.com

"Chocolate is the true opiate of the masses!"