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Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers

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On Saturday, November 28, 2015 09:49:47 Stephen Powell 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.
> 
> 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.


 I personally have been here for years and I like them 

 	http://debian-hosting.info/

 Prices are reasonable and service has been great. 

 LostSon 

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[OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-11-28 16:00 +0100
  Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-11-28 16:20 +0100
  Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers mister.s.jones@gmail.com - 2015-11-28 16:20 +0100
    Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-12-06 00:30 +0100
      Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-12-06 00:50 +0100
        Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Stephen Powell <zlinuxman@wowway.com> - 2015-12-06 01:50 +0100
      Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-12-06 01:00 +0100
      Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-12-06 09:50 +0100
        Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-06 11:00 +0100
          Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-12-06 20:40 +0100
            Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-07 02:20 +0100
              Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2015-12-07 06:30 +0100
                Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2015-12-07 06:50 +0100
          Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Gener Badenas <gener.ong.badenas@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 01:20 +0100
  Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2015-11-28 17:30 +0100
  Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2015-11-28 18:00 +0100
  Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers pascalv@sdf.lonestar.org - 2015-11-28 20:00 +0100
  Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2015-12-07 18:00 +0100
  Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers Gener Badenas <gener.ong.badenas@gmail.com> - 2015-12-09 01:20 +0100
  Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers pjw <lists.debian@pjw.xsmail.com> - 2015-12-10 01:00 +0100

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