I'm looking for the best solution for an opt-in mailing list
management program for a non-profit group.  The purpose is two-fold: 
a)  to send out weekly email newsletters to members and b) to provide
different commitees a way to email each other with threaded
discussions.

The software or web application should be:

EASY to learn and use
Relatively inexpensive
Compatible with a Microsoft environment
Able to send HTML formatted emails from templates
Supported by phone, email or online support

I'd like some options to present to the group along with a recommended "best".

Thanks!

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Request for Question Clarification by tar_heel_v-ga on 01 Nov 2002 05:57 PST

Do you have access to various scripting languages on your web host
such as PHP and Perl?

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Clarification of Question by augustus-ga on 01 Nov 2002 06:47 PST

The web site is currently hosted at Verio on a $25/month IIS hosting
account, and I do not believe we can run any Perl/PHP scripts, but can
run basic ASP with an access database.

Preferably we would like to find a hosted solution that is provided on
a monthly basis from an Application Service Provider.

Yahoo Groups sounds like a reasonable solution, but the advertising is
awful.

Augustus..

Opt-in email lists are a great way to maintain communications with
people within an organization.  Since you are looking for a hosted
solution as opposed you managing your own, here is a list of sites
that will manage your email tasks:

EZine Manager
http://www.ezinemanager.com/
Free for under 2500 emails sent per month, very reasonable thereafter

ListChannel
http://www.listchannel.com/
Higher volume.  $79 a month for up to 50,000 emails a month

BigList
http://www.biglist.com/
Based upon the number of subscribers. Up to 500 subscribers, $40/month

Instant Talk
http://www.instantalk.com/
Free, but a three line advertisement is added

TightCircle
http://www.tightcircle.com
Free for the first 60 days, no pricing on their webpage for after the
first 60 dsay

I think that one of the above providers should be able to meet your
needs.  You can find additional information at

http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Mailing_Lists/Hosting_Companies/

Thank you for your question, good luck in your endeavor and if I can
provide any additional clarification, please let me know!

Regards,

-THV

Search Strategy:
email list hosting

Have you considered using Yahoo! Groups? 
http://www.yahoogroups.com

For a non-profit, this should give them most everything they need.