Paul did, offlist. It is costing him $212/month roughly to keep us alive.
From: Craig Schmaderer Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 9:19 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Pledge drive Did Paul ever let us know what the current cost and deficit is? From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 8:51 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Pledge drive We used to allow all AnimalFarm sponsors to do exactly this. Every Friday morning. Perhaps a time to revisit the issue... Good way to build a kitty for Paul. From: TJ Trout Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 8:51 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Pledge drive Chuck could consider allowing vendors to post ad's on a specific day and time for a specific fee, but that's a whole other animal to deal with, the plus would be he could add like *SPONSORED AD* to the title which we can all filter straight to spam if desired đ On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 1:56 PM, Paul McCall <pa...@pdmnet.net> wrote: Its is Overkill, providing your time has no value to chase down why X Mail server canât be delivered to, or why X mail server has undefined bounces or x firewall system thinks itâs spam, etc. etc. Amazon never goes down, never gets blacklisted. If you are cool with bulk mailserver drama, then have a go at switching, and managing that aspect. đ AES is not the cheapest option no doubt. This was a choice Chuck and I made to make sure it âjust workedâ because we all have businesses that, hopefully, are successful enough to not want to fuss with it. Paul From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Matt Hoppes Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 2:13 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Pledge drive What is SES? Amazon? That seems overkill for a mailing list. On Feb 18, 2018, at 14:09, Mike Hammett <af...@ics-il.net> wrote: SES ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Matt Hoppes" <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> To: af@afmug.com Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2018 1:05:36 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Pledge drive Support of what??? What the heck costs that much? Mailman takes all of 10 minutes to install and just lives after that. On Feb 18, 2018, at 13:52, Ryan Ray <ryan...@gmail.com> wrote: Last time this was brought up the cost was $3000 for the year including support, $1800 not including support. On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Matt Hoppes <mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: Can it really be more than $5???? How much memory, CPU, and storage can a mailing list take when virtualized? On Feb 18, 2018, at 13:20, Keefe John <keefe...@ethoplex.com> wrote: Just curious, what are the monthly costs to operate this list? On February 18, 2018 11:13:54 AM CST, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: I notice it has been a while since we pushed a bit to help fund the not-insignificant AWS expense that keeps this list alive.Please clean out your couch cushions and paypal the revenue created to paulm@pdmnet.netPaul, what is the current status of our deficit? -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.