My present web hosting is becoming a bit iffy, the web hosting isn't very important but Maxine relies on the mail for her business so I'm looking for alternatives.
What I'm after is:- Hosting one domain, basically for E-Mail but very basic web hosting would be welcome too (domain I already own, either isbd.net or isbd.co.uk).
Unlimited POP3 and IMAP mailboxes for the hosted domain.
Ideally Linux/Unix shell login but at the very least web based management for the E-Mail.
Web mail access to the mailboxes.
A *lot* of space for E-Mail, several hundred megabytes at the very least, don't mind buying this as an extra but it has to be reasonably cheap.
Prefer UK based because I feel that it will be marginally quicker, I'm willing to be dissuaded though.
I'm happy to pay a reasonable amount for this but not a silly amount, i.e. I think anything more than around £100/year is definitely excessive.
Places I've considered are:- Areti Internet (because I know their support etc. is excellent), but too expensive really, especially £30 per IMAP and £80 per year for an additional 100MB.
Gradwell, good reputation but moderately expensive.
Do it myself on my Slackware Linux box at home, very cheap! However there are support issues (i.e. my time) and I don't get the warm feeling of mail being backed up 'off site'.
csoft.net which I currently use for my own E-Mail, reasonable price (I'd step up from my current $60/year to $120/year to get a domain hosted) and support is good so far. The $120/year account includes 2Gb of disk space which is more than ample! However they are in Canada.
A company similar to Csoft based in the UK would be my perfect solution, they appear to be a techie company which has learned how to sell itself as well.
On 10/07/06, chrisisbd@leary.csoft.net chrisisbd@leary.csoft.net wrote:
Do it myself on my Slackware Linux box at home, very cheap! However there are support issues (i.e. my time) and I don't get the warm feeling of mail being backed up 'off site'.
Have you considered doing this and having a forward to a gmail account? gives you that nice warm feeling if you like it.
On 7/10/06, chrisisbd@leary.csoft.net chrisisbd@leary.csoft.net wrote:
My present web hosting is becoming a bit iffy, the web hosting isn't very important but Maxine relies on the mail for her business so I'm looking for alternatives.
I am very pleased with 34sp <www.34sp.com>, even if they are in That Madchester. They are not the cheapest but they are very reliable, accessable and prompt to do stuff. I also really like their policy of letting you do stuff, warning you and then billing you for it rather than not letting you do stuff. The mail hosting is not unlimited but it is scalable. Oh, and in addition to POP and IMAP I have an SMTP server for an extra £15 per year: http://www.34sp.com/hostingfeatures.php.
Highly recommended.
On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 10:57:52AM +0100, KbdNoOni wrote:
On 7/10/06, chrisisbd@leary.csoft.net chrisisbd@leary.csoft.net wrote:
My present web hosting is becoming a bit iffy, the web hosting isn't very important but Maxine relies on the mail for her business so I'm looking for alternatives.
I am very pleased with 34sp <www.34sp.com>, even if they are in That Madchester. They are not the cheapest but they are very reliable, accessable and prompt to do stuff. I also really like their policy of letting you do stuff, warning you and then billing you for it rather than not letting you do stuff. The mail hosting is not unlimited but it is scalable. Oh, and in addition to POP and IMAP I have an SMTP server for an extra £15 per year: http://www.34sp.com/hostingfeatures.php.
Highly recommended.
Thanks, just the sort of recommandation I'm after, I'll take a look.
On 10 Jul 2006, at 10:45, chrisisbd@leary.csoft.net wrote:
I'm happy to pay a reasonable amount for this but not a silly amount, i.e. I think anything more than around £100/year is definitely excessive.
I'm currently using Nexcess.net for my hosting. They're US-based, but I've found them to be very good in terms of both connectivity, support and uptime. I've constant IMAP connections on a a number of accounts with them and have never had any problems with it being slow.
Prices start from $6.95 per month (or $83 per year) for 500Mb of disk (which you can use as part of the email quota) and 15Gb bandwidth.
They're very good value for money and they're also one of the few web hosting companies to offer Barracuda Spam Firewall email protection (which is a hardware appliance that handles anti-spam and anti-virus - I'm pretty sure it uses a bastardised version of SpamAssassin) and it works quite well. That's in addition to SpamAssassin on the web/ email server itself.
IMAP, POP3 and authenticated SMTP supported. PHP5 and MySQL 5 supported, Apache 2.0.54 web server. If you go for any other package lower than Gettin' Hits then you can add SSH access for an additional $5 per month.
Regards,
Martyn
My present web hosting is becoming a bit iffy, the web hosting isn't very important but Maxine relies on the mail for her business so I'm looking for alternatives.
What I'm after is:- Hosting one domain, basically for E-Mail but very basic web hosting would be welcome too (domain I already own, either isbd.net or isbd.co.uk).
I host stuff with www.powersofthosting.co.uk. Their site isn't very impressive in honesty but their hosting is cheap, straightforward, and has been quite reliable and flexible for me.
Steve
Chris:
My present web hosting is becoming a bit iffy, the web hosting isn't very important but Maxine relies on the mail for her business so I'm looking for alternatives.
What I'm after is:-
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I use ukhost4u.com. They're good and I've been using them for getting on for two years now.
Ace
mundo.org.uk
On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 11:50:39AM +0100, Richard Mitchell wrote:
Chris:
My present web hosting is becoming a bit iffy, the web hosting isn't very important but Maxine relies on the mail for her business so I'm looking for alternatives.
What I'm after is:-
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I use ukhost4u.com. They're good and I've been using them for getting on for two years now.
Thanks for this and all the other responses, I have quite a few possibilities to look into now! :-)
-----Original Message----- From: main-bounces@lists.alug.org.uk [mailto:main- bounces@lists.alug.org.uk] On Behalf Of chrisisbd@leary.csoft.net Sent: 10 July 2006 10:46 To: ixion@ixion.org.uk Cc: main@lists.alug.org.uk Subject: [ALUG] Mail hosting recommendations wanted
My present web hosting is becoming a bit iffy, the web hosting isn't very important but Maxine relies on the mail for her business so I'm looking for alternatives.
What I'm after is:- Hosting one domain, basically for E-Mail but very basic web hosting would be welcome too (domain I already own, either isbd.net or isbd.co.uk).
Unlimited POP3 and IMAP mailboxes for the hosted domain. Ideally Linux/Unix shell login but at the very least web based management for the E-Mail. Web mail access to the mailboxes. A *lot* of space for E-Mail, several hundred megabytes at the very least, don't mind buying this as an extra but it has to be reasonably cheap. Prefer UK based because I feel that it will be marginally quicker, I'm willing to be dissuaded though.I'm happy to pay a reasonable amount for this but not a silly amount, i.e. I think anything more than around £100/year is definitely excessive.
Places I've considered are:- Areti Internet (because I know their support etc. is excellent), but too expensive really, especially £30 per IMAP and £80 per year for an additional 100MB.
Gradwell, good reputation but moderately expensive. Do it myself on my Slackware Linux box at home, very cheap! However there are support issues (i.e. my time) and I don't get the warm feeling of mail being backed up 'off site'. csoft.net which I currently use for my own E-Mail, reasonable price (I'd step up from my current $60/year to $120/year to get a domain hosted) and support is good so far. The $120/year account includes 2Gb of disk space which is more than ample! However they are in Canada.A company similar to Csoft based in the UK would be my perfect solution, they appear to be a techie company which has learned how to sell itself as well.
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For a reliable totally professional service I have used blackcatnetworks.co.uk for some time. One of their directors is an alug member and debian developer.
I am not affiliated to them in any way just an extremely satisfied customer.
Cheers, BJ
On 10 Jul 2006, at 5:38 pm, John Woodard wrote:
For a reliable totally professional service I have used blackcatnetworks.co.uk for some time. One of their directors is an alug member and debian developer.
I am not affiliated to them in any way just an extremely satisfied customer.
I second that.
Cheers,
Dave
On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 06:08:09PM +0100, David Reynolds wrote:
On 10 Jul 2006, at 5:38 pm, John Woodard wrote:
For a reliable totally professional service I have used blackcatnetworks.co.uk for some time. One of their directors is an alug member and debian developer.
I am not affiliated to them in any way just an extremely satisfied customer.
I second that.
Cheers,
They're already one of the possibilities on my shortlist.
On 10/07/06, John Woodard mail@johnwoodard.co.uk wrote:
For a reliable totally professional service I have used blackcatnetworks.co.uk for some time. One of their directors is an alug member and debian developer.
thirded
On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 07:02:54PM +0100, sfr wrote:
thirded
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On 10/07/06, John Woodard mail@johnwoodard.co.uk wrote:
For a reliable totally professional service I have used blackcatnetworks.co.uk for some time. One of their directors is an alug member and debian developer.
I am not affiliated to them in any way just an extremely satisfied customer.
Yes, blackcat haven't missed a beat with my connection for two years or so. Jen
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