I can't account for EVERY possibility you give, but most of these can be
covered by a dedicated server at my office. I have the ability to set
it up on my corporate web server for free. However, it does still leave
the "losing ineterest in MePBM" possibility (but not likely after nearly
a decade of playing) and an additional "I've taken a new job and my old
employer won't leave this up on his server" comes into play. But
hardware and connections only go away in extreme circumstances here as
this is our business.
I'm sure I'm not the only web developer on the list with corporate
servers at his disposal, should it come to that.
-Draugnar
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Original Message
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 16:20:16 -0500
From: Jason Bennett <jasonab@acm.org>
Subject: Re: Yahoogroups
Tim Franklin wrote:
> I could fairly trivialy set up a mailing list to serve the same >
purpose on a personal machine with a full-time internet connection, >
and I'd imagine there's at least some other techies playing with a >
similar ability. > > Does it *have* to be through some kind of
commercial provider?
I thought about this when I sent my reply, and I know firsthand that it
can be done fairly easily. My main concern is the inherent instability
of such a setup. What happens if your provider decides to shut down your
server? What if you stop playing ME and don't want to run it anymore?
Heck, what if you move and have to take the server down for a couple of
days?
I understand that ME is not mission-critical in any sense of the word,
and if Yahoo is going to offer unreasonable rates, we should explore
this possibility. If, however, Yahoo is willing to charge a reasonable
rate, I think a stable, known, already running commercial service is our
best bet.
jason
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Jason Bennett, jasonab@acm.org
Software developer, cryptography buff, gamer
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