Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 09:49:47 -0500 (EST)
Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> 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 have used Hostgator for a number of years. I am not a business, and
run 4 websites off my account. It costs me $10.00 US a month (Yes, it
is payable monthly.) I use what they call "Baby Croc". I have never
been hacked nor had the accounts frozen.
http://www.hostgator.com/shared
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Charlie Kravetz
Linux Registered User Number 425914
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