On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:24:07 +0000, Andy <andyk@no.spam.org>
wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 03:11:11 GMT, Alan Connor <zzzzzz@xxx.yyy>
> wrote:
>
>>Free?
>
> Free.
>
>>With webpages full of huge image files, no doubt.
>
> Nope, only on the webpage of mushrooms mailing list there are
> some photos of the mushrooms. There are only a few pictures on
> other web pages. The amount of posts sent to the lists is on
> average 1 per day I think, so by any means that's a lot.
>
>>And a free shell account with major priveleges?
>
> Depends what you mean by major priviliges. I think of basic
> priviliges, and additionaly access to mailman directory with
> priviliges to run mailman commands.
>
>>Could be a 'vanity' domain name. There may be no such lists.
>
> My goodness! http://list.pengus.net/mailman/listinfo

Should have been in your original post.

>
>>Why don't you just run mailman on your own machine? If the
>>volume is low, what's the problem?
>
> I have no my own server.

A server is just a frigging program running on a computer.

>
>>And apache for a webserver. Low volume, no
>>problem. If you can run mailman, you can run apache.
>
> I have nowhere to run it.
>
>>Disk storage is cheap these days and you obviously
>>have a computer.
>
> But cannot make a server from it running 24/7/365

Why not? Conversely:

It doesn't have to run all the time.

One post a day does not require a 24-7 server.

>
>>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
>
> My full name is on the lists web pages.

Which you didn't list in your original post, as I recall.

That's not the point. This is the USENET.

No one should have to go to website to check and see whether
you are a troll or not.

And I am killfiling you for the above reasons.

>
>>I'd recommend that anyone think 10X before letting you near any
>>computer they control.
>
> I'm neither a hacker, a spammer if that is what you are
> afraid of. I'm just a list-owner without his own server.
>
>

Maybe. But that's what a cracker-spammer-troll would say.

I think you are here because all the shell-account providers
told you to take a hike.

Who the fuck cares about a hobbyist's mailing lists and
websites? You aren't trying to feed the poor or bring peace
to the world or save the environment that sustains us.

You and the members of your lists do not qualify as charity
cases. Pay for it YOURSELVES, you conceited and greedy assholes.


AC