On Sat, Nov 28, 2015 at 10:49 PM, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> wrote:
> I currently get my internet connectivity, e-mail service, and web-hosting > service from the same provider. I recently complained to my ISP about > backscatter SPAM I was getting from other people's infected machines > that were sending out SPAM to invalid e-mail addresses and spoofing me > as the sender. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spoofing and > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backscatter_(email) for good articles about > these subjects.) Their response was to suspend my e-mail access and delete > my web site! > > I finally got my e-mail access back, but my web site is still down. > This experience has convinced me that tying my e-mail and web-hosting > to my ISP is a bad idea. The two extra services are free to subscribers > to their internet access service, but I don't want problems in one area > to adversely affect the other areas. Clearly that is not the case now. > > So I am looking for a good e-mail provider and a good web-hosting provider. > For the e-mail service I want a provider that has good protection against > backscatter SPAM, provides a web-based e-mail client, and does not force > me to view tons of ads in order to get to their web-mail client. I want > all transmission of credentials, particularly passwords, passed between > the client and the server, to be encrypted, not sent across the network > in clear text, where a sniffer operating in promiscuous mode could > intercept > them. I also want the e-mail provider to work well with Debian mailing > lists. (I have heard, for example, that when gmail users post to a list > to which they are subscribed they do not receive copies of their own > posts.) > > For web-hosting, I am looking for one which allows me to upload and > download > web pages and other files to my site via SSL-encrypted FTP, whether > implicit > or explicit SSL I don't care, so that passwords sent across the internet > cannot be intercepted by a sniffer. > > Obviously, low cost is important too. I'm not a business. My web site is > providing a public service for free. There are no ads on my web site, and > there is no money coming in to pay for the web hosting. Another important > consideration is that I don't want the service provider, e-mail or > web-hosting, > selling information about me to anyone. > > For Email, I recommend MXRoute. This is their main website https://mxroute.com/ but you may check promotion on below links http://lowendbox.com/blog/mxroute-e-mail-hosting-starting-at-5year-with-2gb-storage-in-dallas-usa/ http://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/69302/mxroute-email-hosting-black-friday-special/p1 They have good reputation among sysadmin people down at lowendbox and lowendtalk. Price is cheap at as low as $5 per year. For webhosting, what if you use VPS instead? You can control security yourself and maybe install as minimal configuration as can be. If your site is fairly static, maybe just install nginx and ssh, and don't put anymore other service. I recommend Prometeus and BuyVM, also popular at LowEndBox/LowEndTalk for low cost yet good quality service. Packages can be as low as $15/year https://www.prometeus.net/billing/cart.php?gid=7 http://buyvm.net/ > So, does anyone wish to share their experiences, good or bad? Is there > anyone > you wish to recommend? Is there anyone you want to warn me to stay away > from? > All opinions are welcome. > > -- Java <http://javadevnotes.com/java-list-to-array-examples> and Groovy <http://grails.asia/groovy-substring>
