Geckoman
07-21-2000, 12:40 AM
My long-time school-provided email and web hosting will be going away soon because of unavoidable graduation :), so I’m in the market for something new. Rather than being faced with having to change my email address and URL every few years whenever I change ISPs, I would rather be able to register a domain that I could take with me wherever I go.
I'm also looking for a place to host a club site. Although slightly different sites, the needs are similar, so it could be the same place.
Here's what I have in mind:
I need a host for my personal website, and probably websites and email for my immediate family as well (at least 5-10 POP3 addresses, preferably with the ability to manage them myself). I'll also need POP3 or IMAP email access, preferably with SMTP access as well (although this is optional). Since my personal site will be acting as a digital portfolio for my work, there should be plenty of space for images, video, and executables (at least 50-75 MB). In all probability, no one else with a site under this account will have such needs. Bandwidth is less of a concern. It would be fine (preferred, even) if other sites had URLs such as www.mydomain.com/mywife (http://www.mydomain.com/mywife) or /mykids (someday), but that’s not a major concern. The ability to run my own CGI stuff is almost an absolute necessity, and I’d like to have Perl, Python, and Java capabilities as well. FTP and Telnet/SSH access are musts, therefore so is a UNIX-based host (I would greatly prefer UNIX anyway). No ads, please, and no adult stuff unless they can guarantee me an IP that won’t get me blocked.
The club site (under a separate account and domain) will be similar, except without the space requirements and with more email needs, since we’d like to give @clubname.com addresses to our members (could easily grow to several dozen). Mailing lists (either distribution or majordomo/listserv) and discussion forums would be good additions for this site.
My problem is that most major non-free, no-ad web hosts are geared almost exclusively toward businesses. Most of them also have policies that seem to prohibit anything that could be construed as sharing accounts, such as having multiple more-or-less independent sites, as I would like to have. Since I won’t be making any money off of either of these sites, the costs will have to be low – like $15/month or less (preferably < $10). Handholding support also isn’t needed.
As you can see, I have a pretty specific idea of what I want. I’ve been shopping around for several weeks now, though, and all the hosts and terms and plans and amounts and contracts are beginning to run together. Any input from others who have needed and found places to meet similar needs will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I'm also looking for a place to host a club site. Although slightly different sites, the needs are similar, so it could be the same place.
Here's what I have in mind:
I need a host for my personal website, and probably websites and email for my immediate family as well (at least 5-10 POP3 addresses, preferably with the ability to manage them myself). I'll also need POP3 or IMAP email access, preferably with SMTP access as well (although this is optional). Since my personal site will be acting as a digital portfolio for my work, there should be plenty of space for images, video, and executables (at least 50-75 MB). In all probability, no one else with a site under this account will have such needs. Bandwidth is less of a concern. It would be fine (preferred, even) if other sites had URLs such as www.mydomain.com/mywife (http://www.mydomain.com/mywife) or /mykids (someday), but that’s not a major concern. The ability to run my own CGI stuff is almost an absolute necessity, and I’d like to have Perl, Python, and Java capabilities as well. FTP and Telnet/SSH access are musts, therefore so is a UNIX-based host (I would greatly prefer UNIX anyway). No ads, please, and no adult stuff unless they can guarantee me an IP that won’t get me blocked.
The club site (under a separate account and domain) will be similar, except without the space requirements and with more email needs, since we’d like to give @clubname.com addresses to our members (could easily grow to several dozen). Mailing lists (either distribution or majordomo/listserv) and discussion forums would be good additions for this site.
My problem is that most major non-free, no-ad web hosts are geared almost exclusively toward businesses. Most of them also have policies that seem to prohibit anything that could be construed as sharing accounts, such as having multiple more-or-less independent sites, as I would like to have. Since I won’t be making any money off of either of these sites, the costs will have to be low – like $15/month or less (preferably < $10). Handholding support also isn’t needed.
As you can see, I have a pretty specific idea of what I want. I’ve been shopping around for several weeks now, though, and all the hosts and terms and plans and amounts and contracts are beginning to run together. Any input from others who have needed and found places to meet similar needs will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!