Re: [ga] Austerity measures

[Thomas Roessler <roessler@does-not-exist.org>]

On 2001-05-14 18:21:40 -0400, Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of 
Law wrote:

>I'm sorry, but I simply cannot imagine how it can take this much 
>time to maintain a list.  We have dozens here at the law school, 
>and they don't take anything close to that amount of time.

Agreed, completely.

In particular, ga-full should have been a no-brainer, and should 
have consumed close to NO time - the very design of this list was to 
leave it alone.  Thus, it seems unlikely to me that removing ga-full 
will help to lower the bill.  However, on the other hand, it takes 
away part of a carefully-crafted equilibrium from which the "normal" 
ga list profits.

I'd be really curious to learn how the DNSO secretariat manages to 
spend two hours per day on mailing list maintenance.

PS: I've been running mailing lists with several hundred subscribers 
for some years now, using various kinds of mailing list software. 
Even with majordomo, which is a nightmare in terms of bounce 
handling, the time spent couldn't be measured in terms of hours per 
day.

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