I received a similar offer, and I just referred them to www.rackspace.com the premier porn hosting service.
Myself, I agree with you, I do not want to be associated with that type of content. ===================================== Douglas White group Manager mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.samcfug.org ===================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 8:17 PM Subject: RE: MX Hosting | What, you don't have sex? | | At 06:09 PM 12/6/2002 -0800, you wrote: | >Yeah...I agree. It is important to judge a host on what is really | >important, rack, pipe, power, and service...as well as reputation. | > | >I run my own small but incredibly reliable hosting company and was | >offered a good some to host a huge amount of adult content on my | >servers, but turned it down because I don't want my name (my company or | >myself) associated with that. It was hard to turn down the account, or | >that is, the money that would have been gained, but I am happy with my | >decision. | > | >-- | >Josh Trefethen | > | >:::::[ Exciteworks, Inc ]::[ http://exciteworks.com ]:::::. | >::[ cf hosting on linux ]::[ consulting ]::[ expertise ]::. | > | > | >-----Original Message----- | >From: samcfug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | >Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 7:53 AM | >To: CF-Talk | >Subject: Re: MX Hosting | > | > | >AFAIK I do not see the reason for concern about in what language the | >hosting companies' web site is. | > | >If I am shopping for a host, that is what I want, I just want a host, | >not design expertise, development, etc. | > | >I would be purchasing the space, reliability, the bandwidth, and an FTP | >account to upload my own design/development. I would want prompt | >responsiveness to problems, and to get the server side tasks taken care | >of. I would want access to the log files, and I would run my own stats | >analysis via HTTP. | > | >I would expect to be responsible for how my site appears and functions. | >I | >could not give any weight whatsoever to the hosting companies' home | >pages, etc. | > | >Another item of info I would require is whether or not the hosting | >company hosts ADULT or PORN web sites, or supports spammers, as I would | >not want to be associated with that type of operation,. | > | > | >===================================== | >Douglas White | >group Manager | >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | >http://www.samcfug.org | >===================================== | >----- Original Message ----- | >From: "Tony Weeg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 9:21 AM | >Subject: RE: MX Hosting | > | > | >| I think....the answer lies in the url .... .php? | >| man, if I was touting cf hosts, and I was hoping people | >| were going to support me, wouldn't I want to be using cf myself? | >| | >| not knocking whoever is hosting it, | >| just kinda doesn't make sense....thats all. | >| | >| ..tony | >| | >| Tony Weeg | >| Senior Web Developer | >| UnCertified Advanced ColdFusion Developer | >| Information System Design | >| Navtrak, Inc. | >| Mobile workforce monitoring, mapping & reporting www.navtrak.net | >| 410.548.2337 | >| | >| -----Original Message----- | >| From: Candace Cottrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | >| Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 10:16 AM | >| To: CF-Talk | >| Subject: RE: MX Hosting | >| | >| | >| You mean the fact that it's a PostNuke site? | >| | >| | >| Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer | >| The Children's Medical Center | >| One Children's Plaza | >| Dayton, OH 45404 | >| 937-641-4293 | >| http://www.childrensdayton.org | >| | >| | >| [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >| | >| >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/6/2002 9:59:03 AM >>> | >| whats wrong with this picture? | >| | >| http://www.coldfusionhosts.net/modules.php?name=Hosts&rop=showcontent&; | >| id | >| | >| =16 | >| | >| just my .02 c | >| | >| tony | >| | >| Tony Weeg | >| Senior Web Developer | >| UnCertified Advanced ColdFusion Developer | >| Information System Design | >| Navtrak, Inc. | >| Mobile workforce monitoring, mapping & reporting www.navtrak.net | >| 410.548.2337 | >| | >| -----Original Message----- | >| From: Kris Pilles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | >| Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 9:52 AM | >| To: CF-Talk | >| Subject: RE: MX Hosting | >| | >| | >| -----Original Message----- | >| From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] | >| Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 9:51 AM | >| To: CF-Talk | >| Subject: RE: MX Hosting | >| | >| | >| No offense to Ben, but a) competition is good, let's let it thrive and | >| b) I'd probably go with the better design, more professional-looking, | >| easier to use site from a consumer standpoint. | >| | >| > Or the alternative, look them up on the Ben Forta web site, which | >| > has been listing hosting providers for a long time, along with | >| > ratings. | >| > | >| > ===================================== | >| > Douglas White | >| > group Manager | >| > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | >| > http://www.samcfug.org ===================================== | >| > ----- Original Message ----- | >| > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >| > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >| > Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 3:53 AM | >| > Subject: Re: MX Hosting | >| > | >| > | >| > | Instead of shameless plugging your own hosting companies | >| > here, why not | >| > | head over to www.coldfusionhosts.net and add you site there | >| > instead? | >| > | :) We're still building up the site, but there are 16 USA hosts | >| > | listed, with space for reviews and ratings on each one. For | >| > those of | >| > | you in that small place not in the USA called the Rest of | >| > the World, | >| > | there are a total of 30 hosts with listings. | >| > | | >| > | | >| > | If you're looking for a place to start, it's worth a look. We'll | >| > | shortly be posting a 'how to' guide to setting up CFMX in a shared | >| | >| > | hosting environment too. | >| > | | >| > | Best regards | >| > | | >| > | www.coldfusionhosts.net | >| | >| | >| | >| | >| | >| | > | > | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
