> -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:01 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Options for Email/Web Hosting > > > AHP gives you $10 off per month with the HoF code found on the right of > http://www.houseoffusion.com/ > Altho it looks like their prices have gone up a lil' ($20) since I > signed > up... they're still lower cost than most (if not all) of the other VPS > solutions that I've seen advertised. I've never really pursued > dedicated > options because i don't really -need- that much machine, nor do I have > the > funds to lay out for the software... so I'm not sure what dedicated > generally runs. Maybe you're just getting a smokin' deal?
CrystalTech has always been really good in this regard. I've had the server for years - it's not really impressive, but it does what I need: Windows 2003, Celeron 2.2Ghz, 512Meg RAM, 80 Gig HD, 250 Gig/month bandwith an 500 Meg on a shared SQL Server for $80/month (I pay an extra $4 per month for a block of 4 IPs). Full "SmarterTools" package, Serv-U FTP server, etc. I really haven't found a better deal VPS or dedicated (in case you're looking). Like I said: I've been absolutely pleased with CrystalTech... I'm just still paying "consultant/business" prices for a server I barely touch anymore. > Factor in the cost of not having to pay for an upgrade to CF8 (and 9... > and > 10...)? Yeah... and if I could get my lazy ass working on personal things again that might matter. ;^) Right now my site runs in CF 7 and I own a copy... no real need or desire to upgrade. I've put years of effort into that site and it's difficult to consider just dumping it... but the cost is just sitting like a lump in our budget. > > > For e-mail, I've been using Google for domains and couldn't be > happier > > > with it. > > > > I actually looked at Google but was confused by their options... > "Google > > Apps" seems to be what I want, but they either seem to want $50 per > year or > > use ad-supported gmail. I'd like to just stick with plain-jane email > > domain > > hosting - POP3 or IMAP - is that what this is? > > I do the freebie ad-supported gmail. The ads don't particularly bother > me, > and the spam filtering more than makes up for it (awesome spam > filtering). > Since going to gmail (and then google for domains), I've not even > opened a > mail client on my machine. Yeah, one day it might bite me in the ass > when I > can't get online and need access to a particular email, but it has not > as of > yet. Altho I'm pretty sure (like 99.9999%) that even with the free > option > you can use POP and IMAP to get your mail in your favorite mail client. > I've been meaning to look into this just so I can have that local copy > in > case I ever do need it. Cool - I think I'll set up one of my domains and try it out for a while; see how it goes. Thanks! Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:274714 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
