Re: List Service Providers

From: silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)

Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000

In article <71e3ap$m1e$1@autumn.news.rcn.net>,
"Brandon Blackmoor" <BBlackmoor@bigfoot.DELERE.com> wrote:
>Ah, the list that bounced my subscription request *after* the list admin
>made that easy-to-make adjustment that allows bigfoot.com addresses to
>subscribe.

<amused look> No, your mail arrived before his did, by about two
minutes.

You certainly are obsessive.

>As for e-Groups, I've not used it myself, so I cannot speak to that. I
>*have* used Onelist <http://www.onelist.com/>, and thus far it has been
>reliable. It makes list administration easy for novices, and it allows
>subscribers to easily view archives of their list. It also has a utility
>that allows list subscribers to maintain a list of relevant web links (which
>could be useful if you are using one of the many ISPs which offer free web
>sites to host a "home" for your campaign), although it doesn't exactly make
>that web page easy to find. The navigation of the Onelist web site could be
>improved, imo.

Ah. The Phoenyx has a list of relevant web links, and of course
offers a matching web page for every list.  :}

>Incidentally, Onelist is also remailer-friendly. "Automatic Email Alias
>Support - For protection against SPAM, ONElist restricts posts to
>subscribers only. Some users register with ONElist with one email address,
>but send email from a second email address. ONElist automatically creates an
>alias for the second email address when you confirm your registration, so
>that you will still be able to post." (from the Onelist "Features" page)

Yes, the Phoenyx can permit you to have as many subscribed email
addresses as you'd like, with all (or some, or none, however you
want to do it) of the extra ones set not to receive mail.

>P.S. I know I said that I thought this had progressed as far as it could
>usefully go. I know that I have probably already conveyed what information I
>set out to convey, and that further posts are probably superfluous, perhaps
>even counter-productive; I do not possess the self-discipline I would like
>to have. It probably appears I have some personal grudge against Phoenyx.
>There may be some truth to that.

We've noticed.  All the Phoenyx listowners are going to chip in
to buy you a bottle of Midol.

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References

Re: rec.games.pbm Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Thu, 29 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000
List Service Providers (was Re: FAQ thread)
casbahcarl@aol.com (CasbahCarl)
Fri, 30 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: List Service Providers
silver@phoenyx.net (Karen J. Cravens)
Fri, 30 Oct 1998 00:00:00 +0000