On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 02:24:22 +0000, Andy <andyk@no.spam.org>
wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I am a list-owner of several popular science discussion lists
> (about meteorites, mineralogy, chemistry, mushrooms, and LexOS
> project (law open source)). The server pengus.net where my
> lists are hosted is going to be decommisioned. Therefore I am
> looking for a new server for my lists.
>
> If you could host my lists (all or some of them at least) along
> with their web pages free of charge I would be most grateful.

Free?

With webpages full of huge image files, no doubt.

>
> I would need the Mailman program
> (http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/ ) to be installed on your
> server (if you still haven't one installed), and to have a full
> access under the shell to the mailman directory (in order to
> run mailman commands to reformat lists archives etc.).

And a free shell account with major priveleges?

>
> Because the lists are quite specialist, there is no high volume
> of messages sent and therefore there is no high load for
> processor or high bandwidth usage. Thus even servers with 486
> type processor with slow connection to internet would be fine
> for the lists.
>
> It's hard for me to offer something in exchange for your
> kindness (apart perhaps from a note on the lists web pages that
> you host them, if you would like to advertise your server). I
> just hope that some of you would think that it would be good if
> those list would still exist and not just vanish along with the
> current server.
>
> If you'd like to please contact me to the e-mail:
> minerals-owner [at] list.pengus.net

Could be a 'vanity' domain name. There may be no such lists.

>
> Thank you very much indeed in advance!
>
> Kind Regards Andy
>
>
>

Post on the Usenet, read on the Usenet.

Why don't you just run mailman on your own machine? If the volume
is low, what's the problem?

And apache for a webserver. Low volume, no problem. If you
can run mailman, you can run apache.

Disk storage is cheap these days and you obviously have a
computer.

Where did you get the idea that the Usenet was where to look
for free shell accounts and free server space?

Ever hear of Google?

And you are using a common first name for an alias, which is
something that trolls do to avoid being tracked through the
archives. Since you know enough to munge your real address
and put an obviously phoney one in your From: header, you
know the Usenet very well.

I'd recommend that anyone think 10X before letting you near
any computer they control.


AC