[thelist] Short-Term email listservs

[John C Bullas]

At 21:30 13/10/2003, Alex Ezell wrote:
>Hi all,
>One of the partners in my firm is chairing a conference in December.
>He wants to have an email list (similar to this one) setup that runs
>until about a month after the conference. It will only be open to the
>people attending which should be less than 250 people. He would also
>like to archive the messages.

if you can cope with the adverts........

Yahoogroups!

no admin to do really

Have set one up for IMM2004 http://www.imm2004.org

you set it for announcements only

HTML customizable front page can include a counter

make sure disable the members use of the files and photos and polls and 
calendar functions

archives are done automatically AND you can export them as HTML
via a few smart tricks

FB


>What's the fastest and easiest way to setup something like this? I
>have used mailman in the past but in this case it seems like using a
>shotgun to kill a spider. Just too much work and setup for something
>so low-volume and short-term.
>
>I am very open to third-party options such as Yahoo! Groups or
>something. Any suggestions are appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>/alex