My "sandbox" list is *very* high traffic, about triple the traffic of this list with HTML and many pictures. During the busy times it's nothing to have several hundred megs of traffic inbound a day (not counting the resending that the list does to each member). I tell you this because the host for me is http://www.cmhe.net/ and they charge me $39 a month. It is a mailman based list. If you want to talk requirements with their lead tech contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] and address it to the attention of Bill. Tell him I told you. For the most part there are no problems, but sometimes messages are delayed, usually to a jam up on the server end. They usually respond within 30 minutes to a problem. I don't know what you pay for this list, so that may be more expensive than you want.
Charles Mims http://www.the-sandbox.org fun, friendly debate and talk about life. Do what you know and perception is converted into character. - Ralph Waldo Emerson -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Laborde Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 1:37 PM To: RollTideFan - University of Alabama Athletics Discussion List Subject: [RollTideFan] ADMIN Notice For RollTideFan Importance: High I've read the whining about the server. I've spent an assload of money on different servers only to be kicked off without notice or reason (without a refund), have shitty server performance, have my bandwidth requirements throttled without notice, etc... The list needs to reside on a server that uses CPanel software for domain and file maintenance because that is the format that we've always used. This includes MailMan mail & list software. All of out files are compatible with this format only.The server also has to allow lists to be created which, believe it or not, not all do. Some ignorant serve admins are so stupid that they set up the software wrong and get hammered by e-mails once a list is used. They think I am a spammer and jack me with no conversation. If the software is set up correctly there are none of those issues. What I am saying it that I have always tried to use the best server available within our requirements and financial limitations. Some are better than others. Now, since the vast, vast majority of people on this list only lurk (you suck!) then i can't see any reason we can't allow pictures to be posted. We need only GIF & JPEG/JPG images and NO MOVIES (of ANY kind) or WAV/sound files until we see how this will work on out bandwidth. As for HTML, knock your socks off until we see how it uses bandwidth. I've asked for this before with almost no response, but here goes: If you want a more reliable server then find it. Use the requirements listed above plus it needs to be a UNIX server. Let us know what you find. Also, if you want to see the message board resurrected, please volunteer to be the admin. Mike _______________________________________________ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net _______________________________________________ RTF mailing list RTF@rolltidefan.net http://rolltidefan.net/mailman/listinfo/rtf_rolltidefan.net
