Oh I know all about the email hosting.. .Before I moved to Hostek I had a T1 line into my basement. Did all my own hosting, I had 2 server cabinets with all Dells...(I still have them) pretty good setup. I started my company with that and then the T1 became outdated and very expensive. I used ArgoSoft Mail Server, actually really liked it but the SPAM and Blacklist were a nightmare. But back then my company was bigger with closer to 100 domains/clients. I formed a partnership with another person who pretty much screwed me over. We split up the company (lost a lot of clients in the breakup) and I formed Eidson Empire, LLC. and moved to Hostek for my provider.
I still not sure what I am going to do.. I think the VPS will be more than I can afford right now. Maybe if I land about 10 more clients I can justify it. Rick -----Original Message----- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 6:49 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Is time for a change? Ideally you need 1 VPs for each service, web db and mail, plus you would need a smartermail license, unless hostek are a bundle provider in which case you can get a free 250 user license with the VPS. Running a mail server is way more work than people realise though, it is not just keeping it running, it is deal with spam, spoofing, back scatter, black listing, spf and domain key issues and more. One alternative is to use zohomail which is free for basic service. At the end of the day shared hosting is like going to the $1 store in comparison, so you get what you pay for. On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 0:26 AM, Rick Eidson <cfh...@kchost.net> wrote: Lots of great responses... Like I said I really hate the idea of moving. The VPS sounds interesting and I believe Hostek offers that as well as dedicated. I have a pretty large SQL Server database with them now for my largest client and its probably going to grow. I only have about 25 domains 1 of them is on a Linux server the rest are all Windows CF servers. I am also getting ready to add another one. I guess I can check into it and see what cost would be... the last thing I need to do is increase my overhead. Right now I am paying Hostek about $130/m for just the basic CF hosting for the 25 domains not counting the adons and database cost. I would also want to make the transition as seamless as possible...preferably my clients know nothing about the move. Does VPS handle everything? MSSQL Database, SmarterMail or just the websites with Coldfusion? I guess a lot of these questions I should be asking Hostek... Rick -----Original Message----- From: Money Pit [mailto:websitema...@gmail.com <javascript:;>] Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 6:02 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Is time for a change? Could not agree more with Russ' comments on CF hosting in his blog. I'll never go back to shared hosting. I've got a couple of Viviotech VPS' that I'm pretty happy with. One runs my personal stuff and old web site from when I was a developer. Another runs about 30 low-traffic sites that work with my business. A VPS is a great step up if you aren't ready to take the plunge and pay for a full-on server. Insofar as full-on servers are concerned, nothing can match the hardware that you get at Cybercon, but then again you are also expected to pretty much be self-sufficient, there. Think about doing a VPS instead of shared hosting. Just for starters you get to keep all the hosting fees. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:359578 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
