Update: - Although people have had success with Rev CGI on DreamHost, I was not able to get it to work (using a variety of engines and following the steps that I've received in email and from the Use-Rev archive). It seems to be dependent on the particular server you're on, whether it will work or not.
- Support has not gotten back to me in less than 36 hrs for the four help requests I've made since my earlier post. - Speed of FTP uploads/downloads never improved, in fact they bogged down even more since I made my last post. Uploads got as slow as 300KB/sec. - Everything DreamHost has been down since around 6:30pm Eastern today. My email, my website, even their own home page and control panel. Seems they are no more reliable than my previous provider. :( Looks like I'll be going back to my prior host, ChiHost.com. (I was able to use Rev CGI on ChiHost, no problem.) "Bill Marriott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 1) Well what DO you get in SF? Data, please :) I'm just reporting the > facts... six transfers of a large compressed file (3 up, 3 down) at > different times of day. Could have something to do with me being in > Detroit, not "next door" to DreamHost's LAX datacenter. > > 2) What is bulk-loading a list of space-delimited email aliases going to > do for me? Where do I bulk-load them to? Doesn't this still require that > a) I compose a list of all the aliases I've used over the years and b) > update and upload that list every time I cook up a new alias? It's hard to > beat going to a site and just typing "thissite(at)wjm.org" -- zero > administration. > > 3) They claim the reason for not allowing Spam Assassin to work with > catch-all addresses is it "generates" too much spam... but the truth is > the spam already exists, it's just dropped when there is no mailbox for it > to go to. It's very easy to set the aging on your Spam folder to dump > messages after 7 days, 5 days, or what-have-you. And I really loathe > having to go to Web Mail to confirm my spam. > > I'm not saying DreamHost is a bad hosting service. I'm just pointing out > the nitty-gritty things that don't work for me... things you can't find > out until you actually sign up and use a service. I believe I also said > several nice things about them. > > DreamHost did finally get back to me on the open tickets, including one > about the Spam Assassin config. They basically said I had a good point and > that I should post a "suggestion" to see if it got any votes, and b) that > I could install my own copy of Spam Assassin in my domain(s) and configure > it on my own. I will look into the second option (though the instructions > are a little cryptic for me). > > > "Stephen Barncard" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >>>* Transfer speed >>> - My previous host maxes out my cable modem during transfers in either >>>direction. Using FileZilla (excellent free FTP client) I get uploads >>>around >>>90+ KB/sec and downloads around 95KB/sec to 100KB/sec with my 8000K/768K >>>Comcast connection. DreamHost never went above 70KB/sec uploading and was >>>an >>>anemic 650KB/sec to 700KB/sec when downloading. >> >> That's not what I get here in san francisco - consistent fast. >> >> And you can bulk-load a space delimited list of email aliases and >> addresses to forward to, you don't need a lot of mailboxes to do what you >> mentioned below. >> >> I manage over 50 email aliases. Easy. As far as IMAP, I'm sure you can >> work that out with support. >> >> I stand by my support of Dreamhost. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
