Just one note about Yahoo Groups. You can only add a limited number of new e-mail addresses (20? 30?) per day. So it would take your friend something like 4 to 6 months to add his list. At 2:50 PM -0500 3/9/10, Richard Wiggins wrote: >A friend has gathered 3500 names and e-mail addresses of customers >but didn't capture the info in a mailing list program. He wants to >set up an announcement-only mailing list for those people who have >indicated interest in his business. > >What mailing list software would you suggest in 2010 for this >purpose? Hosted like Listserv ($$$) or Yahoo Groups (free) ? > >Or a desktop solution? Suggestions? > >My guess is the number of subscribers could double or triple over time... > >Thanks, > >/rich