Coyote:

Somehow I missed your original post on this.

Yes, this would be worth $25 a year for me, too! And the idea of it being
just an alias is a good one.  (Keeps it simple and portable)

Thanks for considering this.

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy
Santa Barbara, CA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Stuart MacMillan
> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 2:48 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Email alias @vanagon.com
>
>
> Sure, I'd pay $25/year, this is a great idea!
>
> Ron 'Coyote' Lussier wrote:
> >
> > > What if some nice sysadmin were to remotely configure and
> > > maintain email accounts at
> > > vanagon.com for all the list members... or some subset of
> > > listmembers that were willing to
> > > chip in a nominal fee.  And then the stickers were printed with
> > > enough blank space to allow
> > > for listmembers to write in their handle with a sharpie marker?
> > >
> > > Then you could catch up to that proverbial Champagne '87 Syncro
> > > westbound on I-90 and
> > > actually see that it was "foo@vanagon.com" in front of you?
> >
> > I've actually thought about doing this, but it's somewhat
> complex.  First,
> > it would require quite a bit more security for my server,
> which is a Windows
> > 2000 box sitting next to my bed.  Secondly, it would
> require a better email
> > system, which would cost $$$.
> >
> > This isn't impossible, and may be worth discussing.  Would people be
> > interested in this if I charged, say, $25 / year for an
> email account which
> > forwarded to another email address?
> >
> > Coyote
> >
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