I'd have to second that point. I am indeed curious about the cost involved. Not sure if this should go private or not but anyway....
Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Che" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 10:30 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Donations for Audyssey Hi, I'd be glad to donate, but I'd like to know what the bill is so I can do my fair share. What is the monthly or yearly charge, and who is currently picking up the tab? Thanks, Che ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raul A. Gallegos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion List" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:53 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Donations for Audyssey > Hello everyone. > > I would like to let everyone know that I have put a donation button on > www.audyssey.org. This is completely voluntary and will not be targeted > to any one person specifically. > > The purpose for this donation button is to try and get donations from > people who wish to contribute to Audyssey. The money will be used only > for one of two things. > > 1. Maintaining the audyssey.org domain registered. Because the > registration for domains these days is very low, this is not that much > of a cost. > > 2. Maintaining the web space and mailing list. This one is the biggest > cost due to the nature of the mailing list size and the space for the > domain. The web host we use www.emwd.com is a special dedicated host for > mailing lists. This means that we can have a large list and the mails > will not be delaid or bottle-necked like with other web hosts. > > If you remember, when we first got audyssey.org, we went with a web host > called bluehost.com. We chose them because of their awesome web host > packages and the low price. The problem with them and many other hosts > is that you are limited to 250 messages per hour. Some do a 24 hour > count and limit you to 2500 messages in a 24 hour period. If there are > 200 list members, this will quickly fill the queue and make mail very > slow. So, when searching for a web host provider, I had to find one > which would allow mailing lists of our size. WWW.EMWD.COM was one such > host and they have been great. > > Please do not take this email as any sort of hidden message that > audyssey will go away. No one's list access or membership will be > affected in any way, shape, or form no matter if they donate or not. I > only do this in the hopes that list members and / or magazine readers > will want to help the continuation of the domain. > > In order to make a donation through the web page, you will need to do it > through Paypal. I feel this is a safe way to do this because Paypal will > protect you the sender, and me the receiver. > > If you have any questions about this feel free to write me privately or > to the gamers-owner email address. > > Many thanks and happy gaming. > > -- > Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; > not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. > -- 2 Corinthians 9:7 > Raul A. Gallegos ... IliwSsmc > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. > _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
