Michael, if Arthur is interested in this arrangement I would be happy to give you
administrative access to the server to help with the set up etc. But Arthur has to decide
which path makes most sense to him.
Thanks for the compliments on Olive-Drab!
Best regards,
Chuck
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Carradine <cs@unimog.net>
To: mil-veh@skylee.com <mil-veh@skylee.com>
Cc: Chuck Chriss <cchriss@IX.NETCOM.COM>; Arthur Kyle <ack@adamation.com>
Date: Saturday, August 28, 1999 2:27 PM
Subject: [MV] Mailing list blues -- not for long ;)
>At 12:34 PM 8/28/99 -0700, "Chuck Chriss" <cchriss@IX.NETCOM.COM> wrote:
>:Arthur, I am willing to make the Olive-Drab facilities available to you.
>:Olive-Drab runs on an virtual server account which can host majordomo or
>:other mail list software. I can provide you with your own domain name,
>:separate from olive-drab.com if you want it that way.
>:
>:I consider mil-veh to be the number one resource for military vehicle
>:owners so you can have anything you want at no cost if it will help keep
>:the list alive. All you have to do is to continue to administer the lis
>:-- the internet connections, server, and software will cost you nothing.
>
>
> Setting up Majordomo on another server is definetly THE way to go.
> I say this from experience of managing several small mailing lists,
> such as 300+ subscribers of the "Unimail" Unimog mailing list with no
> problems. Chuck is willing to let us use his server with the domain
> olive-drab.com (which by the way is great for a Mil-Veh list!! ;) and
> I can offer my server as well. These are commercial servers with
> redundant systems, an uninteruptable power supply, while located in the
> bunker of a secure office building and tied into the backbone of the
> internet -- not that we need to panic about loosing a few mail messages
> for a day or so ;)
>
> As was said, these services are FREE to us with no advertisement, which
> is even better than the onelist.com FREE service *with* advertising.
>
> I'm willing to spend some time in setting up the [MV] list at the
> olive-drab.com site and work with Arthur and Chuck. If I may suggest,
> having more than one person familiar with the mail program not only
> shares the work (and blame), but offers backup contingencies and
> manpower to keep the information flowing smoothly. Hey, we can always
> set up an MV list there and offer it to the community once it gets
> online, eh?
>
> What do you say, Arthur and Chuck??
>
> BTW - Chuck, your site is very cool and informative!
>
>-Michael Carradine
>
> 1955 Unimog 404-S, ex-French NATO troop carrier
> www.unimog.com
>
>
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