On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Jacob Marble jacobmarble@gmail.com wrote:
a) has experience hosting, and so can filter spam without hassle b) lets us use open-mesh.net instead of super-duper-mailing-host.com c) hosts open source gratis
a and b are must have, c would be nice.
EMWD (http://www.emwd.com/mailman.html) looks like a regular webhost with better-than-average mailing list support. They claim to have spam filters in place, and they charge US$4/month. I emailed them regarding hosting with open-mesh.net
I got an email this morning from Brian Carpenter at EMWD:
<quote> Hi Jacob:
Thank you for your interest in our services.
a) filters spam very well b) allows the list to be hosted using our domain name, not yours
We meet both of those requirement. Just keep in mind that since you cannot have a domain point to two servers (Mailman requires a web server), you will need to use a domain name that is not in current use or you can use a sub-domain off of your main domain such as list.open-mesh.net.
We currently have about 100 message/month in traffic. Does this describe your $4/month service?
How many members will be subscribed to your list? </quote>
This is the best alternative that I have found. They charge $4/month for up to 1000 subscribers and 1-8 posts/day. Looking at the archives, I don't think this will be a problem for us. We can pay more for up to 20,000 subscribers with this service. If you guys are comfortable with this, then I need to work out details with Brian (how many subscribers, how to pay, can we import the existing archive, DNS records).
IMHO, I feel that better alternatives exist if we drop requirement "b", but I'm happy to be sysadmin for the list, wherever we host it.
Jake