Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers
On Saturday, November 28, 2015 09:49:47 Stephen Powell wrote:
> I currently get my internet connectivity, e-mail service, and web-hosting
> service from the same provider. I recently complained to my ISP about
> backscatter SPAM I was getting from other people's infected machines
> that were sending out SPAM to invalid e-mail addresses and spoofing me
> as the sender. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing and
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backscatter_(email) for good articles about
> these subjects.) Their response was to suspend my e-mail access and delete
> my web site!
>
> I finally got my e-mail access back, but my web site is still down.
> This experience has convinced me that tying my e-mail and web-hosting
> to my ISP is a bad idea. The two extra services are free to subscribers
> to their internet access service, but I don't want problems in one area
> to adversely affect the other areas. Clearly that is not the case now.
>
> So I am looking for a good e-mail provider and a good web-hosting provider.
> For the e-mail service I want a provider that has good protection against
> backscatter SPAM, provides a web-based e-mail client, and does not force
> me to view tons of ads in order to get to their web-mail client. I want
> all transmission of credentials, particularly passwords, passed between
> the client and the server, to be encrypted, not sent across the network
> in clear text, where a sniffer operating in promiscuous mode could intercept
> them. I also want the e-mail provider to work well with Debian mailing
> lists. (I have heard, for example, that when gmail users post to a list to
> which they are subscribed they do not receive copies of their own posts.)
>
> For web-hosting, I am looking for one which allows me to upload and download
> web pages and other files to my site via SSL-encrypted FTP, whether
> implicit or explicit SSL I don't care, so that passwords sent across the
> internet cannot be intercepted by a sniffer.
>
> Obviously, low cost is important too. I'm not a business. My web site is
> providing a public service for free. There are no ads on my web site, and
> there is no money coming in to pay for the web hosting. Another important
> consideration is that I don't want the service provider, e-mail or
> web-hosting, selling information about me to anyone.
>
> So, does anyone wish to share their experiences, good or bad? Is there
> anyone you wish to recommend? Is there anyone you want to warn me to stay
> away from? All opinions are welcome.
I personally have been here for years and I like them
http://debian-hosting.info/
Prices are reasonable and service has been great.
LostSon
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