[16273] in APO-L
Re: apo.org
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Dwiggins)
Sun Feb 23 02:20:56 1997
Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 02:18:57 -0500
Reply-To: David Dwiggins <dmdwiggi@MAILBOX.SYR.EDU>
From: David Dwiggins <dmdwiggi@MAILBOX.SYR.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199702211709.MAA24739@mailbox.syr.edu>
>> Now that we have apo.org, has anyone thought about selling alias addresses
>> to brothers. This could be included in sustaining membership package
>> and/or done separately. I think it could actually provide funding for
>> fraternity and would be realatively easy to set-up while providing a
>> service I believe at least some would use.
>As stated earlier, this would take some manpower and money. I think if
>we can find some alum that are willing to take about six months to
>establish the program then we can hire someone to administer the
>program. This would include researching what can and cannot be done.
>
I agree that this is a really good idea. And it actually would not take
that much of an investment. The service could be provided with a
relatively-inexpensive used computer, providing that a place was found to
plug it into the network (schools with APO chapters or a service provider
with a friendly alum on staff?). Apple Internet Mail Server will run on a
$150 used Mac, and linux or MkLinux could run on a used machine for less
than $500, probably. And the set up time would not need to be very long if
the server were located at an existing internet-connected site. (I have set
up a mail server that provides forwarding service in less than 30 minutes.)
Wiring the national office would probably be the ideal solution, but this
could be done later using the money generated by the pilot program.
As far as adminstration, it depends on the software being used, but both
Apple Internet Mail Server and the Netscape Communications Server are
extremely easy to administer and could probably be maintained by someone
with very little technical experience once they were up and running. (There
are probably other easy packages, but these are the two I have experience
with.)
I hope this is something that can be pursued. I would be willing to pay for
the service, as long as the cost was not too high. (And it shouldn't need
to be, since this type of account would take very little maintenance once
it was set up.) Maybe $15 to set it up, and $10 per year after that?
Perhaps $10 extra for every time the forwarding address has to be
changed... Maybe even less to life members? At these costs, if someone
donated an internet connection, it would be possible to pay for the server
with the first 15-50 users. The only other costs I can think of would be an
ISP account for the national office so that they could administer the
server.
-David
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