I may be on the wrong track in terms of this discussion - but I have found that my ORCON email address does most of what people are asking for here - an extract from the webpage puts it nicely -
----------------------------------------------------- Free lifetime email accounts for all New Zealanders. Here at Orcon we believe that email is an essential tool that everyone should have. We are absolutely committed to providing the NZ public with access to quality internet services, and so our free service is part of our contribution back to the community. Permanent Email Address [EMAIL PROTECTED]: An email address that you can keep for life, provided you use the account at least once per year. You'll never have to change your email address again! ----------------------------------------------------- I have had no spam at all on this account - wheas on my hotmail, paradise and clear adresses - headps - also some on my linuxmail - so happy with Orcon. my tuppence worth Lance B -----Original Message----- From: Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:38:17 +1200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mail co-op? (was Re: unix server co-operative?) Jim Cheetham wrote: > On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 11:30, Carl Cerecke wrote: > >>If a bunch of us joined together, it would be fairly cheap, no? Is it a >>wise use of CLUG funds to set something like this up and charge, say, >>$1/month ? (We're not exactly scraping the bottom of the barrel ATM). > > > CLUG may have to "exist" in order to be able to run a service like this. > This was discussed on the list a little while ago, and the concensus at > the time was to leave things as they were ... This is due to be discussed again next January :-) Perhaps it would get more support now. I, for one, am becoming more in favour of a legal entity being set up. But perhaps we should hold discussion until Jan when we, IIRC, agreed to revisit the issue. Cheers, Carl.
