About the Service

The LiteracyTent mailing list server was set up in the spring of 2001 in response to a request from a local SLRC. Since then, dozens of mailing lists have served thousands of subscribers.

We are very pleased to be able to offer this service to the field.

We are also, of course, deeply indebted to the fine folks at GNU for the Mailman system.

We are extremely hands-on with the mailing list system. Sadly, the explosion of unsolicited commercial email ("spam") and email viruses in recent years requirs a great deal of vigilance and work to combat. We run anti-spam and anti-virus tools on the server, and work very hard to protect the mailing lists as much as possible from these problems.

Pricing

The pricing for running mailing lists on LiteracyTent is:

# of lists total cost each
1 125 125
2 225 112.50
3 315 105
4 400 100
5 475 95
6 550 91.66

Additional lists beyond 6 are $70/each.

(Note: LiteracyTent mailing lists are always free for subscribers, of course.)

Please note:

LiteracyTent works hard to strike the right balance between charging enough for its services to support its own costs, and making sure small organizations and programs with limited or nonexistent budgets don't get left behind. LiteracyTent has maintained a policy of running lists for free for small programs and volunteer organizations who cannot pay for them, and will continue to do so as long as it's feasible.

Running the lists has real costs to us, of course, and if everybody were to ask for free lists and other free services, we wouldn't be able to provide any of it, so we ask that people requesting free service continue to reflect carefully on whether they need to or not. We will never turn our backs on small and underfunded organizations as long as we are able to support them, and we are honored to serve the people with the greatest need in a field that is chronically underfunded and undervalued, but it takes a lot of work and money to keep the services running for everybody. We kindly thank those who are able to pay for the lists for their support.

Requesting a list

If you would like to run a list on LiteracyTent, please send an email to list-request@literacytent.org (or use the Feedback form) and we'll contact you about getting it set up. If you are requesting free service, please include a short explanation of your circumstances.

In addition, please have the following information ready: