[Mailman-Users] Re: a question

[Larry Hansford]

At 09:57 PM 10/4/2001, you wrote:

> > I've been looking on the 'net, but the freeware I've found seems to be
> > mostly written for Unix or some other O/S, and requires more programming
> > ability than I have. I was looking at Mailman because it mentioned being
> > usable via a website page, and I have my own site, where it would be easy
> > to add a page, but I think Mailman is too techie for me (and I work in
> > Windows) and am wondering if you know of freeware software that would
> > suit me.
> >
>If you want to avoid the technical challange of running a mailing list, you
>should try one of the free ones available via the net.  Most of them have
>their own subscribe/unsubscribe setups via the web, and also have some form
>of archiving.  One example is:
>
>   http://groups.yahoo.com/
>
>Enjoy.
>
>Jon Carnes

But be aware of the increasing amount of advertisements -- pop ups, 
embedded html and pictures, etc., that the "Free" providers are 
using.  Someone's gotta pay for the service, after all...

I just changed from using a service at groups.yahoo.com to using an 
in-house Linux server and Mailman because of their incessant advertisements 
with every message and every Web page visit.

Larry