On 20 May 2008 at 13:22, Richard A Jones <jones@COLORADO.EDU> wrote:

> Of course, the CORRECT way would be to put gerry in
> a Vanagon--a rolling machine room.  Then moving it to
> a new caretaker would be simple.  Except, of course,
> for leaking fuel lines, dry CVs, etc, etc.  ;-)

A novel idea for sure, but do we really needs physical access? As a sysadmin for a campus
network, I rarely need to visit our server room; all access is remote. Has a cheap $5-
10/month hosting package been considered? This may not offer listserv capability of the
management access need, but for about $50 /mo, one can get a fully managed virtual server,
which I imagine would do it.
I hosted a list similar in size to the Vanagon list for many years at work, hidden away, but the
management hassle of aging equipment was always a problem, and once we went off our
flat-rate internet fees, I had to let it go.
It would seem that the physical side of things has been the wrinkle for a while, and
outsourcing the hosting would remove this issue. I do not have any experience with this, as
we host all of our own services, so I could be offbase...

And kudos to Jim for sticking with it through all this!

Shawn Wright
http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
'88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
'85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA