[thelist] Short-Term email listservs

[Simon Willison]

Alex Ezell wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 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.

Yahoo Groups. It's very easy to set up and it works a treat for short 
term groups.

http://groups.yahoo.com/

Cheers,

Simon