Request about the Zoss Mailing List

[Dana]

What I think you are asking is for an ISP that will also host.
If that is true then I have no recomendations.

If what you mean is he is looking for someone to host,
then I would say there are many. I am with McHost which
will has a plan that for $35/month will probably meet his needs.

There are plenty of ISP's in the $20 to $50 per month range, so
he is looking at a total outlay of $55 to $85 per month.

Dana

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Batson" <rcb at kc.rr.com>
To: <kclug at kclug.org>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 6:35 PM
Subject: Fwd: Re: Request about the Zoss Mailing List

> 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.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> >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!"
> 
>