Re: OT: Hosting providers

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Author: Miles Beck
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Subject: Re: OT: Hosting providers
You may also want to check out http://www.kazix.com/

The "Basic" package they have include the below items.

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    * CGI / PERL / PHP / SSI
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    * Kazix Included Features  [ Details ]
    * Fast Customer Service 


Check out the webpage for more details.

> On Sunday 09 January 2005 06:56 pm, Kurt Granroth kindly wrote:
> > I could try to say that this post is relevant to plug since I'm looking
> > for a hosting provider that runs Linux.. but we'd all know that's a
> > poor rationalization. This post is simply off-topic. It's just that
> > there are a lot of geeks here who are have long standing relationships
> > with various hosting providers and I'm trying to find out some of them.
> >
> > I am having Very Bad Luck at choosing hosting providers. They tend to
> > last between 3 to 6 months before their fatal flaws surface (down for a
> > week at a time, all email bouncing, etc). My latest one (SurfSpeedy)
> > was looking so good for so long (relatively, 6 months, I think).. until
> > I find out that a significant amount of mail sent to @granroth.org is
> > bouncing and they have no idea why. And then today I find out they are
> > shutting down all SSH shell access to all users so no more rsync
> > backups. Arg!! Alas that cox doesn't let me run my own servers...
> >
> > Anyway, in the past, I've fixated on ultra-cheap hosting providers
> > (under $7 a month... $1/mo in one case) so that's likely one of my
> > problems. It occurred to me when I found out mail was bouncing,
> > though, that I value my email far more than my phone yet I have no
> > problems paying over $20/mo for phone service. So I'm willing to pay a
> > bit more now.
> >
> > Basically, I want/need the following:
> >
> > Must have been around for at least 5 years
> > SSH shell access
> > Unlimited subdomains
> > At least 1 primary domain
> > At least 1 "addon" domain
> > At least 5 (and preferably unlimited) "parked" domains
> > At least 50 email accounts
> > Unlimited email forwarding
> > At least 5 mailing lists
> > IMAPS
> >
> > >500MB disk space
> >
> > 250MB/mo transfer limits
> >
> > And it would be really nice if there was authenticated SMTP on a
> > different port than 25 (blocked by cox.net)
> >
> > It would also be nice (but not necessary) if they were local. I
> > checked out deru and fastq but neither had packages that matched my
> > criteria.
> >
> > So, if you've been with a hosting provider for a least a year or two
> > and haven't had any email problems with them (and you think they might
> > be able to help me), let me know!
> >
> > Thank you,
> > Kurt



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