I would not use these guys for hosting because of their mail servers. Their mail servers are listed on the dns black mail list. For those who may not know this means that their mail servers were used as open relays at one time and I have discovered from time to time it happens to them so they can't be removed from the black list. So anyone using any type of spam message filtering against the blacklist you will not be able to send mail to them from this hoster. I had them for 3 days and tried sending mail to like my office and the mail would get bounced back to me because of this. I actually called them and spoke with tech support and told them about the spam list their domain was on and the guy had no clue what dnsbl(spam blacklist) was. Then I asked how they have it setup and the guy with tons of confidence just about gave me their network design over the phone. They actually use exchange servers connected directly to the net off of a router not behind a firewall in a dmz or anything. He told me it is setup this way to maximize throughput because a firewall would cause bottlenecks in the traffic. After hearing this I cancelled and they actually returned my money and I decided to just host my own from my home mail/dns/web everything. It is not a business site so I do not have a ton of traffic. Obviously you are looking for something more than this. I do not want to offend anoyne's intelligence here on the list but if anyone needs clarification on dnsbl (spam blacklist) let me know.
Anyone who cares and wants to post articles and such for my site or just want to keep up on techie related stuff feel free to visit www.digitalrage.org by signing up you can post or write your own news articles or anything you wish to write about, mostly technical of course. No popups no spam or anything. I HATE SPAM and SPAMMERS alike. -----Original Message----- From: trammer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2002 8:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Good webhosting company [7:53651] I use www.readyhosting.com for a couple of my sites for the last 2 years. Site is fast, lots of features, mail server lags once in a while but other than that seem pretty decent. $100/year which isn't bad either. Check out www.cnet.com for web hosting comparison charts too. cheers ""sam sneed"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I know its off topic but hopefully someone on this list could help. > I'm looking to host 5-10 sites with someone. My problem is that > webhsoting companies go bankrupt overnite lately. Even the decent size > ones, XO for example. Does anyone know of a decent one > that will be in business longer than a year? > All I need are the basics, FTP access, CGI and Perl5, web statistics > and a couple POP3 boxes and don't want to pay more than $15 month. > > Any ideas? Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=53665&t=53651 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
