On 2/22/06, Eric Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks to everyone who has replied. Does anyone have any reason to believe > that the service from the US company, server4you.com would be any different > than the service from the German company? > > And if it matters, I'm looking for a dedicated host, not an individual > vserver guest. > > Thanks again everyone.
Well, one mistake I made when deciding on a data center was to failing to see if their service is used by spammers. When I signed up with "Neutelligent" in the Tampa Bay are of Florida, USA I didn't check this. At the time our servers were installed, several IP blocks were black listed and our users could not send e-mail to some domains (such as AOL). Fortunately, they had already enacted a policy to get abusers off of their network and after a few months the IP Blocks were removed from the DNSbl. Anytime I consider a host in the future, I'm going to ask what their policy on spammers is and check the dns black lists to see if they're listed. SERVER4YOU.COM has been blacklisted in the past. This means that you should talk to a real person there and find out what their policy is on dealing with spammers, if they have a guarantee that you will be able to send mail (not spam) and what recourse you have if your IP address/block gets black listed. Their entry-level pricing is pretty good, however their prices quickly jump up to be about the same as everyone else's (you can find $99/mo hosting all over). If I were looking for an entry level server and found that they have (and enforce) a good no-spam policy I'd consider them. -- Matthew Nuzum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> www.followers.net - Makers of "Elite Content Management System" View samples of Elite CMS in action by visiting http://www.followers.net/portfolio/ _______________________________________________ Vserver mailing list [email protected] http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver
