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Subject: comp.mail.misc Internet Mailing List Providers
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 1996 10:00:07 GMT
Supersedes: <[e-mail]>
Summary: This posting lists a collection of people and companies on the
    Internet who offer mailing list services, either for profit, or as a
    public service.  People who wish to start a mailing list but lack
    the local resources may wish to consult this listing.

Posting-frequency: monthly
Version: 1.27
URL: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/edmonds/usenet/ml-providers.txt

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                    INTERNET MAILING LIST PROVIDERS
            $Revision: 1.27 $, $Date: 1996/11/03 15:05:31 $
                   Copyright (c) 1995, Brian Edmonds
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Contents:
  1. Introduction
  2. Listserv lists
  3. No-fee Providers
  4. For-fee Providers

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Subject: Introduction

This list is maintained by Brian Edmonds <[e-mail]>.  Please
send all additions, corrections, and comments to this address.  New
entries and extra information from listed providers are especially
welcome.

This is a list of individuals, organizations and companies on the net
who offer mailing list services, either for a fee, or as a service to
the net community.  If you wish to start a mailing list, please contact
one or more of these services for more information.

The list is posted on the eighth day of each month to the newsgroups
comp.mail.misc, comp.mail.list-admin.software, comp.answers, and
news.answers.  It is also available from the following locations:
  - http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/edmonds/usenet/ml-providers.txt
  - send email to [e-mail] with the single line
    "get faq ml-providers.txt" in the body of the message

The mailing list software FAQ is available by sending mail to
[e-mail] with "GET MLM-SOFTWARE FAQ" in the body of the
message.

The following people have helped out in the creation of this list
(excluding providers and people associated with them):
   Norm Aleks <[e-mail]>
   Roger Burns <[e-mail]>
   Franz Hemmer <[e-mail]>

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Subject: Listserv lists
         contributed by Roger Burns <[e-mail]>

The most widely used mailing list software is Revised Listserv,
developed by Eric Thomas of L-Soft.  Over 200 sites run Listserv mailing
list software at no charge to the list-owners, and many may be willing
to sponsor a list for you *if* your proposed topic strikes their
interest.

To find a Listserv sponsor, write up a draft proposal which describes
the list you'd like to create and mail it to [e-mail].
Mention in your message that you don't usually follow those discussion
groups, so could responses please be mailed to your private address.
Please only submit your proposal *once*.  If someone is willing to host
your list, then you will hear back from him or her.  Repeated proposals
for the same topic are only likely to annoy the readers of the list and
may make them less likely to want to take on new lists.  For more
detailed advice on this process, send the command GET NEW-LIST CREATE as
an e-mail message to the address [e-mail].

For general documents explaining Listserv, send the following commands
as an e-mail address to [e-mail]:
   GET LISTPRES MEMO
   GET LISTSERV REFCARD
   GET LISTSERV MEMO

For documents about running Listserv lists, send the following commands
to that same address:
   GET LISTOWNR MEMO
   GET LISTOWNR REFCARD
   GET LISTSERV TIPS
   GET LISTKEYW MEMO

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Subject: No-fee Providers

None (other than LISTSERV) at this time.

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Subject: For-fee Providers

Company: ASHlists E-Mail List Services
Contact: [e-mail]
Software: MS; Qualcomm; Mead
Status: for-fee service

 Specializes in bulk mailing services for non-commercial mailing lists
 such as e-mail zines; newsletters; discussion mailing list digests; and
 small output discussion mailing lists.

 There is a $10.00 non-refundable setup charge for all accounts.  All
 subsequent fees are negotiable based on subscriber or mailing list
 size; frequency of mailing; and amount of administration duties
 required.  Prices can start as low as $5.00 a month for a once-a-month
 mailing of an e-mail zine to up to 200 subscribers.  Subscriber bases
 are kept confidential and secure.

Company: Brazerko Communications (brazerko.com)
Contact: [e-mail]
Software: WaterGate
Status: for-fee service

 We specialize in small discussion and announcement lists.  We can also
 gate your list to a FidoNet or other FTN (Fido Technology Network)
 echo.  Shareware authors are especially welcome!

Company: Capital Area Internet Service (cais.com)
Contact: [e-mail] or [e-mail]
Software: SmartList/custom
Status: for-fee service

Company: Digital Marketing (digimark.net)
Contact: [e-mail] or http://www.digimark.net/
Software: majordomo
Status: for-fee service

 Digital Marketing (DigiMark) offers a variety of value-added services to
 the Internet business community, including mailing lists and mailbots. We
 utilize Majordomo software for client-controlled listing and approval, and
 we support distributed mailing lists approval and moderation is handled
 off-site.

Company: IML
Contact: [e-mail]
Software: unknown
Status: for-fee service

 IML is a company providing cheap mailing list service to everyone!  We
 use a special system of our own invention to administrate and run your
 lists.  We offer services such as censorship and advertising.  And we
 add your list to the Liszt data base for you.

Company: Internet Business Access Group
Contact: [e-mail]
Software: Majordomo
Status: for-fee service

 The Internet Business Access Group provides mailboxes and mailing list
 services (using Majordomo software) at the following rates:
    Mailboxes: $25.00 setup (up to 5 mailboxes), $7.50/month/mailbox
    Mailing Lists: $25.00 setup, $15.00/month
                   or $10.00/month when paid in 12 month blocks.
 Majordomo allows remote administrators to have a high degree of control
 over the managment of the mailing list.

Company: L-Soft International, Inc (lsoft.com)
Contact: [e-mail] or http://www.lsoft.com/
Software: LISTSERV
Status: for-fee service

 L-Soft international Inc., the company that sells the authentic
 LISTSERV(TM) software for IBM mainframes, VMS, Unix, Windows NT and Windows
 95, also operates the largest LISTSERV site in the world, with 1,600,000
 daily deliveries (DEC95, weekday average).  L-Soft offers a full range of
 list hosting services, from low-budget hobby lists (non-commercial use
 only) starting as low as $8.00/month, to high-profile personalized
 solutions for businesses, with five levels of list management assistance to
 choose from.  There is also a bulk service for very large lists with
 infrequent postings.

 L-Soft currently (DEC95) operates lists as large as 110,000 subscribers and
 has the technology to host lists of 1,000,000 members with response times
 of 0.2 sec or less for typical administrative requests (ADD, SUBSCRIBE,
 SIGNOFF, etc).  Note that L-Soft is not an ISP and does not sell shell
 accounts, only mailing lists.

Company: North Star Technical Services (mystery.com)
Contact: [e-mail]
Software: majordomo
Status: for-fee service

 NSTS provides mailing list services using Majordomo software for $10/month
 or $100/year in advance.  Majordomo allows remote administrators to have a
 high degree of control over the managment of the mailing list.  Questions
 or comments can be sent to [e-mail].

Company: OnServices (MailCall.com)
Contact: [e-mail] or [e-mail]
Status: for-fee service
Software: custom

 Small mailing lists are our specialty, which we call MailCalls (tm).
 Families, girl scouts, clubs and sports fans use our service.  We also
 provide autoresponse services (infobots) and cutomised services like email
 journals, diaries and catalogs.  Internet mailing services are our only
 business.  Unlike most companies, OnServices handles all of the
 administrative tasks for you.  Small lists for as little as $20 per quarter
 after setup.

Company: Rivertown.Net/Jar.Net Communications Ltd.
Contact: [e-mail]
Status: for-fee service
Software: Smart-List (part of the Procmail package)

 Mailing lists provided for a $25 set up fee and $12.50 per month for up
 to 125 subscribers.  Contact us for a custom quotation for larger
 lists.  Prices scale up from 125 subscribers at the approximate rate of
 $0.10 per subscriber based upon peak monthly membership.  Billed
 quarterly.  Special arrangements available for not-for-profit groups.

Company: Silverquick Communications
Contact: [e-mail]
Status: for-fee service
Software: NTList

 Silverquick Communications provide all forms of automated e-mail services,
 Mailing List Services, Auto-Responders, Document on Demand Servers,
 Electronic Newsletters.  We try to offer a bespoke service and tailor the
 service to the customer needs.  Our services are designed to pass as much
 control as is possible to the client.

 For many clients an important feature is the integration of automated email
 and WWW with the ability to perform tasks like joining or leaving lists,
 updating auto-responder contents, post messages to the list by completing a
 form on their own site.  We can also use our list manager to perform
 specific tasks and projects on existing customer databases by e-mailing and
 segmenting responses to enabling better focused future mailings.

 We can host small or large lists so whatever you have in mind, please
 contact [e-mail] if you would like to discuss our services.

Company: SPENCER-DAVIS GROUP
Contact: [e-mail] or [phone]
Software: ListServ and ListProc
Status: for-fee service

 The SPENCER-DAVIS GROUP is a leading provider of broadcast email,
 autoresponders, and mailing list hosting and administration services.
 If you would like more information about our services please visit our
 web page: http://www.spencer-davis.com/

Company: Warwick Baker & Fiore (warwick.com)
Contact: [e-mail] or [phone]
Software: MailWeir
Status: for-fee service

 Warwick has a system where we can run your mailing list of almost any size
 for a flat yearly fee of $100 to $200; if you have a very small or very
 large list call us for a custom quote.  This includes both discussion and
 distribution lists. Mailbots can be created for an additional project
 fee. We use the MailWeir list software.

 Non-profits should contact us for special consideration.

 We can support lists that are fee based, if you are charging for access to
 your list.

 Warwick Baker & Fiore is a full service Ad agency based in NYC's Soho
 district. We have been in business for over 50 years. We can provide a full
 range of Internet and traditional marketing and advertising services
 include direct mail, promotion, and national advertising.

Company: Wharfedale Computers
Contact: [e-mail]
Status: for-fee service
Software: smoflist

 Included in the service: we provide publicity for the list, an archive
 of old articles, regular information to the list owner about new and
 lapsed users, WWW support and maintenance of the list.

Company: xmission.com
Contact: [e-mail] or http://www.xmission.com
Status: for-fee service
Software: unknown

 We do provide mailing list services for a fee, (usually just the cost of an
 account with us) however, the setup is really something that we do after an
 account is set up with us.

 "Individual" account pricing:
        $19.00 per month, $17.00 per month for six months ($102)
 "Individual" account includes:
        UUCP mail/PPP/SLIP/CSLIP access for a single user
        Single user UUCP feed

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