Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-02 Thread Simon Bell
On Saturday 02 Nov 2013 12:46:21 Igor Cicimov wrote: May I trouble you good people for suggestions that meet these needs? We would like to have at least one working email address by close of business tomorrow (Friday, 1 November), or Monday at the latest. Thanks, Craig I recommend

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-02 Thread Go Linux
On Sat, 11/2/13, Simon Bell si...@calmblue.net wrote: Subject: Re: Hosting advice To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Saturday, November 2, 2013, 4:37 AM On Saturday 02 Nov 2013 12:46:21 Igor Cicimov wrote: May I trouble you good people

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Joel Rees
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Craig L. cr...@gtek.biz wrote: Hello all, I have a good friend that is in a sticky situation and has turned to me for help. I'm not 100% sure of how to advise him so I figured I would pose our question here. He lives in Texas, in the USA. He is starting his

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Jeff Bauer
On 10/31/2013 06:53 PM, Craig L. wrote: I have a good friend ... Consider https://www.linode.com/ Friends don't run a friend's server on Microsoft; nor do friends set up friend's email with Google. Regards, Jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Tazman Deville
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 08:06:57PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: On 10/31/2013 03:53 PM, Craig L. wrote: I have a good friend that is in a sticky situation and has turned to me for help. I'm not 100% sure of how to advise him so I figured I would pose our question here. He lives in Texas,

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/1/2013 4:27 AM, Joel Rees wrote: On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Craig L. cr...@gtek.biz wrote: Hello all, I have a good friend that is in a sticky situation and has turned to me for help. I'm not 100% sure of how to advise him so I figured I would pose our question here. He lives in

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Craig L.
On Thursday, October 31, 2013 20:38, staticsafe m...@staticsafe.ca said: On 10/31/2013 20:00, John Hasler wrote: nearlyfreespeech.net looks interesting but if he goes with that why would he bother with the Google thing? NearlyFreeSpeech only provides an e-mail forwarding service, no actual

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Craig L.
On Thursday, October 31, 2013 18:46, John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com said: Craig L. writes: May I trouble you good people for suggestions that meet these needs? We would like to have at least one working email address by close of business tomorrow (Friday, 1 November), or Monday at the

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Craig L.
On Thursday, October 31, 2013 21:09, Jerry Stuckle jstuc...@attglobal.net said: May I trouble you good people for suggestions that meet these needs? We would like to have at least one working email address by close of business tomorrow (Friday, 1 November), or Monday at the latest.

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Craig L.
On Thursday, October 31, 2013 22:06, David Christensen dpchr...@holgerdanske.com said: On 10/31/2013 03:53 PM, Craig L. wrote: May I trouble you good people for suggestions that meet these needs? We would like to have at least one working email address by close of business tomorrow (Friday,

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Craig L.
On Thursday, October 31, 2013 22:36, Scott Ferguson scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com said: On 01/11/13 09:53, Craig L. wrote: May I trouble you good people for suggestions that meet these needs? We would like to have at least one working email address by close of business tomorrow

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Craig L.
On Friday, November 1, 2013 05:56, Jeff Bauer alienj...@charter.net said: On 10/31/2013 06:53 PM, Craig L. wrote: I have a good friend ... Consider https://www.linode.com/ Friends don't run a friend's server on Microsoft; nor do friends set up friend's email with Google. Yep, that's why

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread John Hasler
Craig L. writes: Ah, this is exactly what I need. I will do some exploring and we should be able to have at least one functioning email address by this afternoon. Note that gandi.net is on that list. They offer everything from Simple Hosting ---inexpensive and trivial to set up but limited---

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/1/2013 8:49 AM, Craig L. wrote: On Thursday, October 31, 2013 21:09, Jerry Stuckle jstuc...@attglobal.net said: May I trouble you good people for suggestions that meet these needs? We would like to have at least one working email address by close of business tomorrow (Friday, 1

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Joel Rees
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Jerry Stuckle jstuc...@attglobal.net wrote: On 11/1/2013 4:27 AM, Joel Rees wrote: On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Craig L. cr...@gtek.biz wrote: Hello all, I have a good friend that is in a sticky situation and has turned to me for help. I'm not 100% sure

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/1/2013 10:45 AM, Joel Rees wrote: On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Jerry Stuckle jstuc...@attglobal.net wrote: On 11/1/2013 4:27 AM, Joel Rees wrote: On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Craig L. cr...@gtek.biz wrote: Hello all, I have a good friend that is in a sticky situation and has

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Craig L.
On Friday, November 1, 2013 09:45, Jerry Stuckle jstuc...@attglobal.net said: And what reason do you want to go to a VPS or even a dedicated server? Unless your buddy's website is getting dozens of hits a second, it is way overkill. And it comes at a price (both $$$ and time) to match.

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Miles Fidelman
Joel Rees wrote: Now, to forestall your next diatribe, Craig said his friend needed an e-mail address and a net presence in a real hurry. He did not say he needed a full-blown business site, just a net presence. He did not say in a couple of days, he said tonight. For what it's worth, if you

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Neal Murphy
On Friday, November 01, 2013 08:49:28 AM Craig L. wrote: Good points. The reason for going for hosting at the moment is it will give us a quick and easy solution. The reason for the Linux requirement is that we will be looking into a dedicated or virtual solution in the future. If I am going

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread David Guntner
I've been a happy customer of Dreamhost for many years. They support mailing lists, announcement lists, as many hosted mailboxes and forwarding addresses as you can handle, offer both shared hosting and VPS services, and are running Linux. Currently my VPS is Debian, though they announced

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread David Guntner
[Following up to myself :-)] David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote: I've been a happy customer of Dreamhost for many years. They support mailing lists, announcement lists, as many hosted mailboxes and forwarding addresses as you can handle, offer both shared hosting and VPS services,

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 09:22:37 -0700 David Guntner da...@guntner.com wrote: I've been a happy customer of Dreamhost for many years. They support mailing lists, announcement lists, as many hosted mailboxes and forwarding addresses as you can handle, offer both shared hosting and VPS services,

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Celejar
On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 11:36:59 -0400 Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote: Joel Rees wrote: Now, to forestall your next diatribe, Craig said his friend needed an e-mail address and a net presence in a real hurry. He did not say he needed a full-blown business site, just a net

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Miles Fidelman
Celejar wrote: On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 09:22:37 -0700 David Guntner da...@guntner.com wrote: I've been a happy customer of Dreamhost for many years. They support mailing lists, announcement lists, as many hosted mailboxes and forwarding addresses as you can handle, offer both shared hosting and

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Neal Murphy
On Friday, November 01, 2013 01:46:26 PM Celejar wrote: I'm curious: how important is getting updates fast in the context of a server? I understand that for desktops, some want the latest features, or support for new hardware, etc. but servers? Doesn't it make more sense to just run something

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Tom H
On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Miles Fidelman mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote: For what it's worth, I'm still running Lenny on a couple of servers - chugging away hosting some email accounts, some email lists, some web sites. Lenny was EOLd in Feb 2012! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread David Guntner
Celejar grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 09:22:37 -0700 David Guntner da...@guntner.com wrote: I've been a happy customer of Dreamhost for many years. They support mailing lists, announcement lists, as many hosted mailboxes and forwarding addresses as you can handle, offer

Re: Hosting advice

2013-11-01 Thread Igor Cicimov
I wouldnt pass by Amazon as possible choice especially because you can run a micro virtual instance for one year for free, perfect for testing. You have complete control of your infrastructure and you pay only for the time your server is running. You are complitely flexible you can upgrade and

Hosting advice

2013-10-31 Thread Craig L.
Hello all, I have a good friend that is in a sticky situation and has turned to me for help. I'm not 100% sure of how to advise him so I figured I would pose our question here. He lives in Texas, in the USA. He is starting his own business, and a bit sooner than he planned. He has a domain

Re: Hosting advice

2013-10-31 Thread staticsafe
On 10/31/2013 18:53, Craig L. wrote: Hello all, I have a good friend that is in a sticky situation and has turned to me for help. I'm not 100% sure of how to advise him so I figured I would pose our question here. He lives in Texas, in the USA. He is starting his own business, and a bit

Re: Hosting advice

2013-10-31 Thread staticsafe
On 10/31/2013 19:31, staticsafe wrote: Take a look at NearlyFreeSpeech: https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ No pgsql but I can recommend them otherwise. E-mail wise I suggest Google Apps for Business: http://www.google.com/enterprise/apps/business/ -- staticsafe O ascii ribbon campaign - stop

Re: Hosting advice

2013-10-31 Thread John Hasler
Craig L. writes: May I trouble you good people for suggestions that meet these needs? We would like to have at least one working email address by close of business tomorrow (Friday, 1 November), or Monday at the latest. If his registrar is any good they will provide email forwarding at no

Re: Hosting advice

2013-10-31 Thread John Hasler
nearlyfreespeech.net looks interesting but if he goes with that why would he bother with the Google thing? -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: Hosting advice

2013-10-31 Thread staticsafe
On 10/31/2013 20:00, John Hasler wrote: nearlyfreespeech.net looks interesting but if he goes with that why would he bother with the Google thing? NearlyFreeSpeech only provides an e-mail forwarding service, no actual hosted e-mail service. -- staticsafe O ascii ribbon campaign - stop html

Re: Hosting advice

2013-10-31 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/31/2013 6:53 PM, Craig L. wrote: Hello all, I have a good friend that is in a sticky situation and has turned to me for help. I'm not 100% sure of how to advise him so I figured I would pose our question here. He lives in Texas, in the USA. He is starting his own business, and a bit

Re: Hosting advice

2013-10-31 Thread David Christensen
On 10/31/2013 03:53 PM, Craig L. wrote: I have a good friend that is in a sticky situation and has turned to me for help. I'm not 100% sure of how to advise him so I figured I would pose our question here. He lives in Texas, in the USA. He is starting his own business, and a bit sooner than

Re: Hosting advice

2013-10-31 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 01/11/13 09:53, Craig L. wrote: Hello all, I have a good friend that is in a sticky situation and has turned to me for help. I'm not 100% sure of how to advise him so I figured I would pose our question here. He lives in Texas, in the USA. He is starting his own business, and a bit

Re: Hosting advice

2013-10-31 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/31/2013 11:06 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 10/31/2013 03:53 PM, Craig L. wrote: I have a good friend that is in a sticky situation and has turned to me for help. I'm not 100% sure of how to advise him so I figured I would pose our question here. He lives in Texas, in the USA. He is