On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Amit Aronovitch <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Following a two week downtime period in December, I had moved the python-il > wiki from its previous hosting on hexten.net to a private server (small node > in Amazon's eu-west), where it is still hosted. (Note that we also have a > static site on Hamakor, which we can edit, but we are not free to install > any software we wish there). > > Due to the spam attack that preceded this downtime, I had also disabled > self-service-account-creation for a while. > After some cleanup, I have re-enabled auto account creation, but it now > requires a CAPTCHA / voice challenge (I do not like it, and I know there are > ways to bypass it, but it seems like the minimal-effort working solution to > the current problem). > > Seems like the Amazon hosting costs about 70$/month, which is not cheap. > Since I do not currently use this server for any other purpose: any idea > for alternative/free/cheaper option?
I have been using http://www.linode.com/ for a while and slowly switching over my sites. They give you a small VPS for $20/month. There you can install whatever you'd like. Gabor _______________________________________________ Python-il mailing list [email protected] http://hamakor.org.il/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/python-il
