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Changes, Changes
Aug. 1st, 2011 12:18 amLike many others, I've become tired of LJ's never-ending DDOS issues. I'm going to post directly on Dreamwidth now, using their cross-post ability to duplicate posting to LJ. If I've set this up correctly, this particular post will by my first in this fashion.
After hosting my own web site & email on a home Linux box for nearly two decades, I've also decided it's no longer necessary for me to do this on my own. 20 years ago, hosting services for reasonable prices were few and far between; these days, it's a commodity. The mailing lists on my box have already been moved elsewhere so all that remains are two personal domains and one web site in each.
I've stuck it out with Earthlink DSL the past 15 years because they let port 25 & 80 traffic through to my box directly; many Internet service providers will block those ports to prevent home servers like mine being installed. If I retired my Linux server, I can finally drop the DSL in favor of a vastly faster system, like Verizon's FIOS, currently available on our neighborhood.
So, Dear Lazywebz... any recommendations for a hosting service at a reasonable price? In particular, I need to support two different domains with at least three email accounts and/or auto-forwarders, and a simple non-commercial no-frills web site in each.
At the moment, I'm checking out GoDaddy.com ('cause they're my current domain registrar), fatcow.com ('cause my square dance club uses them) and 1and1.com ('cause I saw an ad in a magazine). Which others should I check out?
After hosting my own web site & email on a home Linux box for nearly two decades, I've also decided it's no longer necessary for me to do this on my own. 20 years ago, hosting services for reasonable prices were few and far between; these days, it's a commodity. The mailing lists on my box have already been moved elsewhere so all that remains are two personal domains and one web site in each.
I've stuck it out with Earthlink DSL the past 15 years because they let port 25 & 80 traffic through to my box directly; many Internet service providers will block those ports to prevent home servers like mine being installed. If I retired my Linux server, I can finally drop the DSL in favor of a vastly faster system, like Verizon's FIOS, currently available on our neighborhood.
So, Dear Lazywebz... any recommendations for a hosting service at a reasonable price? In particular, I need to support two different domains with at least three email accounts and/or auto-forwarders, and a simple non-commercial no-frills web site in each.
At the moment, I'm checking out GoDaddy.com ('cause they're my current domain registrar), fatcow.com ('cause my square dance club uses them) and 1and1.com ('cause I saw an ad in a magazine). Which others should I check out?
