Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers
On Sat, Nov 28, 2015, at 07:49 AM, Stephen Powell wrote:
> 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.
> > On Saturday, November 28, 2015 09:49:47 Stephen Powell wrote:
> My old web site was pure HTML. No ASP, no PHP, no SQL. It's just pure
> information, with some links for downloading files. I'm not a business
> trying to set up a web site so that customers can order stuff from me.
> I just want to publish free information for the public. It's mostly tech
> stuff about Debian.
>
> When I created my old web site, All I did to manage it was use FTP to upload
> and download files. By convention, the home page was "index.htm". Any other
> pages could be linked to from that page. The only thing that I would like to
> change is to use SSL-encrypted FTP, so that my password won't be sent over
> the network in clear text. I must admit that I don't understand this brave
> new world of web hosting.
Stephen, for email you can't do better than FastMail. Everything you might expect from a long established and highly regarded provider that takes security and privacy seriously, with excellent spam protection, many advanced features, multiple 2FA options.
For the simple web-hosting FastMail's included "file storage websites" should meet your requirements, as you've described.
https://www.fastmail.com/help/files/website.html
So, advanced email + simple hosting for 40 bucks a year. DNS included!
pjw
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