Re: Web/Email Hosting Suggestions?

Jonathan Hall <[email protected]> Tue, 17 Nov 2015 22:08:02 +0100
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I spent some significant time researching this about 6 months ago. I 
decided I was tired of being a sys admin for my low volume of web and 
email traffic.

In the end, I decided I couldn't find good email hosting I was happy 
with (if you find something, though, please share!). So I ended up with:

siteground.com to host my Wordpress blog
Godaddy to do my DNS
A cheap Linux virtual server to host my email (and for the occasional 
remote shell access, etc), and some throw-away file web/ftp hosting 
(i.e. poor man's dropbox)

I'm paying roughly $13 to Rackspace for my virtual server which includes 
256mb RAM and 10gb storage. There are much cheaper options available 
these days (in fact today I signed up to try a Digital Ocean Xen-based 
virtual server for $5/mo for 512mb RAM and 24gb SSD storage).

Depending on the reasons you're considering moving away from your own 
server, some of this info may or may not be helpful :)

-- Jonathan

On 11/17/2015 09:46 PM, Dale Hodge wrote:
> Can anyone recommend an inexpensive Web & Email host?  For the past 
> decade I've been hosting my small website and email on my own servers, 
> but I'm now considering going to an outside service.  So far each I've 
> looked at have either had significant restrictions on email, or have 
> lacked any kind of tools for filtering and sorting. Perhaps I will 
> have to go to separate accounts for web hosting and email, if that's 
> the case, does anyone have suggestions for an email host?  I have 2 
> domains and 3 users (1 shared on both), so I don't want to pay a lot 
> per user.
>
> --Dale
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    <div class=3D"moz-cite-prefix">I spent some significant time
      researching this about 6 months ago. I decided I was tired of
      being a sys admin for my low volume of web and email traffic.<br>
      <br>
      In the end, I decided I couldn't find good email hosting I was
      happy with (if you find something, though, please share!). So I
      ended up with:<br>
      <br>
      siteground.com to host my Wordpress blog<br>
      Godaddy to do my DNS<br>
      A cheap Linux virtual server to host my email (and for the
      occasional remote shell access, etc), and some throw-away file
      web/ftp hosting (i.e. poor man's dropbox)<br>
      <br>
      I'm paying roughly $13 to Rackspace for my virtual server which
      includes 256mb RAM and 10gb storage. There are much cheaper
      options available these days (in fact today I signed up to try a
      Digital Ocean Xen-based virtual server for $5/mo for 512mb RAM and
      24gb SSD storage).<br>
      <br>
      Depending on the reasons you're considering moving away from your
      own server, some of this info may or may not be helpful :)<br>
      <br>
      -- Jonathan<br>
      <br>
      On 11/17/2015 09:46 PM, Dale Hodge wrote:<br>
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      <div dir=3D"ltr">Can anyone recommend an inexpensive Web &amp; Email
        host?=C2=A0 For the past decade I've been hosting my small website
        and email on my own servers, but I'm now considering going to an
        outside service.=C2=A0 So far each I've looked at have either had
        significant restrictions on email, or have lacked any kind of
        tools for filtering and sorting. Perhaps I will have to go to
        separate accounts for web hosting and email, if that's the case,
        does anyone have suggestions for an email host?=C2=A0 I have 2
        domains and 3 users (1 shared on both), so I don't want to pay a
        lot per user. =C2=A0 <br>
        <br>
        --Dale<br>
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