Hosting Solutions - Suggestions?
Hello again everybody, many thanks for the input about the Win95/USB/printer problem. I'm now on the lookout for a decent hosting solution. I'd like to support (read 'give my custom to') a company that uses open source solutions and that provide the following: 1. Web hosting, including access to PHP 4.x, MySQL 3.x or 4.x (space is unimportant so long as its not less than 10Mb); 2. POP3 without a restriction on mailboxes (or at least 15 mailboxes as standard); 3. Spam (black and white lists) and virus filters (the option to remove .vbs attachments etc), and the ability to amend them even if it is via SSH; 4. A reasonable amount of bandwidth within the monthly/quartely/yearly cost. I'd appreciate it if anyone could recommend somebody! Cheers, Nick -- Nick Heppleston 07989 581766 | nickheppleston@gmx.co.uk The Funky PC - http://www.thefunkypc.biz
On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 10:45, Nick Heppleston wrote:
I'd appreciate it if anyone could recommend somebody!
http://www.pepperfish.net/ D. -- Daniel Silverstone http://www.digital-scurf.org/ Hostmaster, Webmaster, and Chief Code Wibbler: Digital-Scurf Unlimited GPG Public key available from keyring.debian.org KeyId: 20687895
Did I get that one wrong? I'm looking for at a minimum 15 *unique* mailboxes, not necessarily aliases... Nick On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 10:53, Brett Parker wrote:
On 2003-11-25 10:45:41 +0000 Nick Heppleston <nickheppleston@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
2. POP3 without a restriction on mailboxes (or at least 15 mailboxes as standard);
Hrm, 15 mailboxes of 15 aliases to the mailbox?
Brett.
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On 2003-11-25 10:56:08 +0000 Nick Heppleston <nickheppleston@gmx.co.uk> wrote:
Did I get that one wrong? I'm looking for at a minimum 15 *unique* mailboxes, not necessarily aliases...
Could be worth looking at some of our nice sponsers... BlackCat have a wide range of solutions, and, if nothing else, laying your hands on Noodles to strangle him if it goes wrong isn't too bad :) Brett
On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 11:02, Brett Parker wrote:
Could be worth looking at some of our nice sponsers... BlackCat have a wide range of solutions, and, if nothing else, laying your hands on Noodles to strangle him if it goes wrong isn't too bad :)
Strangling Noodles could be considered a dangerous thing to do (for the strangler, let alone the stranglee). And I suppose if Nick wants to strangle his hosters, I'd rather he didn't come after me :-) D. -- Daniel Silverstone http://www.digital-scurf.org/ Hostmaster, Webmaster, and Chief Code Wibbler: Digital-Scurf Unlimited GPG Public key available from keyring.debian.org KeyId: 20687895
Many thanks for the input everyone. Much appreciated. Nick. ps. I'll try not to cause physical injury to my hoster ;-) On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 11:07, Daniel Silverstone wrote:
On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 11:02, Brett Parker wrote:
Could be worth looking at some of our nice sponsers... BlackCat have a wide range of solutions, and, if nothing else, laying your hands on Noodles to strangle him if it goes wrong isn't too bad :)
Strangling Noodles could be considered a dangerous thing to do (for the strangler, let alone the stranglee).
And I suppose if Nick wants to strangle his hosters, I'd rather he didn't come after me :-)
D. -- Nick Heppleston 07989 581766 | nickheppleston@gmx.co.uk
The Funky PC - http://www.thefunkypc.biz
On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 11:23, Nick Heppleston wrote:
ps. I'll try not to cause physical injury to my hoster ;-)
But that's half the fun :-) -- Daniel Silverstone http://www.digital-scurf.org/ Hostmaster, Webmaster, and Chief Code Wibbler: Digital-Scurf Unlimited GPG Public key available from keyring.debian.org KeyId: 20687895
On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 10:45, Nick Heppleston wrote: I, for completely biased reasons, suggest Pepperfish. As has Daniel, I see. I'll give a little more detail.
1. Web hosting, including access to PHP 4.x, MySQL 3.x or 4.x (space is unimportant so long as its not less than 10Mb);
Pepperfish can do that.
2. POP3 without a restriction on mailboxes (or at least 15 mailboxes as standard);
Pepperfish charge for mail spool space, not how you use it. You can have as many boxes, forwarders, blackholes and bouncers as you like, configurable via a web-based GUI.
3. Spam (black and white lists) and virus filters (the option to remove .vbs attachments etc), and the ability to amend them even if it is via SSH;
Pepperfish use a well-trained SpamAssassin and scan for viruses using Kaspersky and F-Prot engines. Pepperfish don't currently provide black and white lists, but the SpamAssassin normally catches almost everything anyway.
4. A reasonable amount of bandwidth within the monthly/quartely/yearly cost.
Pepperfish don't currently charge based on bandwidth. However, if you're going to use an obscene amount, the rates I'm told are quite reasonable. B. -- Rob Kendrick, Pepperfish Ltd. +44 (0)845 226 4146 www.pepperfish.net PGP signed or encrypted mail welcome Key ID: 3651D17A
On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 11:07, Rob Kendrick wrote:
I, for completely biased reasons, suggest Pepperfish. As has Daniel, I see. I'll give a little more detail.
Sorry for that advert, it should have been sent directly to Nick. :( -- Rob Kendrick, Pepperfish Ltd. +44 (0)845 226 4146 www.pepperfish.net PGP signed or encrypted mail welcome Key ID: 3651D17A
The message <1069758539.1593.4.camel@trite.i.digital-scurf.org> from Rob Kendrick <alug-main@nun.org.uk> contains these words:
On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 11:07, Rob Kendrick wrote:
I, for completely biased reasons, suggest Pepperfish. As has Daniel, I see. I'll give a little more detail.
Sorry for that advert, it should have been sent directly to Nick. :(
Funny - I've received it and it is addressed to Nick, not the list. (As was the above, but redirected to list) -- Tony http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/
The message <1069702056.3535.11.camel@localhost> from Nick Heppleston <nickheppleston@gmx.co.uk> contains these words:
Hello again everybody, many thanks for the input about the Win95/USB/printer problem. I'm now on the lookout for a decent hosting solution. I'd like to support (read 'give my custom to') a company that uses open source solutions and that provide the following:
'fraid you fell into my spamtrap, but you're safe now. i hope you're none the worse?
1. Web hosting, including access to PHP 4.x, MySQL 3.x or 4.x (space is unimportant so long as its not less than 10Mb);
Zetnet's standard account offers 100 meg IIRC...
2. POP3 without a restriction on mailboxes (or at least 15 mailboxes as standard);
You could get a multi-drop popper - (anything)@yourdomain.com etc, and have as many addresses as you want. To discourage too much spam, just 'allow' the addresses you use in the killfile. Zetnet certainly offers this, (www.zetnet.com) but it is not a free service. 0845 on the budget account (£50 + vat p/a) and a good portion of 0800 on the standard account, (£100 + vat p/a) If you want ADSL they will supply a hub/router (choice of two) and spread the cost over a year with monthly payments of subs + equipment. Linux supported (and Widows, Risc OS, Amiga, Mac, - maybe more.)
3. Spam (black and white lists) and virus filters (the option to remove .vbs attachments etc), and the ability to amend them even if it is via SSH;
You'd have to talk to Paul Martin about that. pm@zetnet.net - he's the internet techie, a director of Zet, and a debian developer... I haven't had a virus in an e-mail for ages - zetnet removes them on the server.
4. A reasonable amount of bandwidth within the monthly/quartely/yearly cost.
Yes. Per month, but any unused time is not transferrable, unfortunately.
I'd appreciate it if anyone could recommend somebody!
I've been with Zetnet now for about eight years and I've never found the necessity to find another ISP, not even as a backup. You can actually talk to staff and directors by e-mail, IRC, and even phone them. Friendly, helpful, and a good selection of closed-to-outsiders newsgroups. IMO vey good value for money. If you want to see it in operation, let me know. I'm in South Norfolk, lurking in the Diss/Long Stratton/Attleborough/Wymondham box. But beware - I'm only just starting to learn how to fly a Linux box and I'll be asking questions...... HTH -- Tony http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/
On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 12:28, Anthony Anson wrote:
The message <1069702056.3535.11.camel@localhost> Linux supported (and Widows, Risc OS, Amiga, Mac, - maybe more.)
<pedant>RISC OS, please</pedant> Sorry :) -- Rob Kendrick, Pepperfish Ltd. +44 (0)845 226 4146 www.pepperfish.net PGP signed or encrypted mail welcome Key ID: 3651D17A
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