Can discussion boards or mailing lists be hosted by a third party?
There are many vendors that offer hosting of discussion boards and forums that can be found using simple Google searches (http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=discussion+board+hosting or http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=forum+hosting). ESCHER has not evaluated any of these services and does not make any claims as to the quality, usability or reliabiltiy of these services.