Re: Hosting advice

[Neal Murphy <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu>]

On Friday, November 01, 2013 08:49:28 AM Craig L. wrote:
> Good points. The reason for going for hosting at the moment is it will
> give us a quick and easy solution. The reason for the Linux requirement
> is that we will be looking into a dedicated or virtual solution in the
> future. If I am going to manage it, it will be Linux.

If Q-n-E and cost are the primary requirement, you'd be hard-pressed to do 
worse than AdvantageCom. See http://simplywebhosting.com/plans-vps/index-
economy-hwvps.shtml: $60/year for a reasonably capable Xen VM running 64-bit 
Centos.

AdvantageCom also have a MailFoundry-based email filtration service for 
$60/year; this is very good at removing spam and has very few false positives.

So, for $10/mo., you can have spam- and virus-filtered email up and running in 
a day. But read their terms and conditions; there are some restrictions on 
email. In essence, they don't like spammers. If you are reasonably 
conscientious about keeping your VPS systems fairly secure, they'll inform you 
when they detect and disable spammers who've hacked into your system. If you 
don't care about security, they'll invite (and encourage) you to go elsewhere.

Check forum.schmolie.com to review their reliability.

I've been using them for years with almost no trouble.

N