[ale] I'm looking for a good shared hosting web host

[Wayne]

I am in the same position as you, Steve. I'm in Calif and have been using FutureQuest for 21 years. Now, with only a few days notice, they are pulling the rug out from under us. I have no interest in running my own server, just shared hosting for two or three low-traffic websites and, most importantly, several email accounts. I need multiple POP3 accounts/aliases for domain names I already own, with black-listing capabilities, catch-all addresses and good spam filtering.

We discussed this on the ALE LUG on Sunday and after further review I narrowed down the list to the following (in no particular order)...

DreamHost
SiteGround
BlueHost
A2Hosting
HostGator
NameCheap
ProtonMail
POBox

I am focusing on getting email set up first (mission critical) before tackling websites. We have only a few days to get everything transferred over before they turn out the lights...

Wayne


On 7/3/23 4:21 AM, Steve Litt via Ale wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> For many years Troubleshooters.Com has been hosted by the spectacular
> Futurequest in Orlando Florida. Sadly, because of hurricanes, the
> pandemic, inflation, and insanely skyrocketing rents in Orlando,
> they're going out of business within a few days, so I need a new web
> host.
> 
> What I absolutely need:
> 
> * Reliability
> * ssh access
> * At least 500 MB of space
> * Somewhere around 5 GB transfer per month
> * A reasonably effective way to get tech support
> * Ability to have Javascript in my web pages
> * A way to quickly redirect my whole site, such as .htaccess.
> 	I need this ability because I need to shut down before every
> 	hurricane. To see an example of what I'd redirect to, see
> 	http://troubleshooters.com/troubleshooters_during_ian.htm
> 
> What I'd also really like:
> 
> * A non-distopian Terms of Service
> * Ability to run server side scripts (Perl etc)
> * Ability to serve https
> * Ability to serve multiple domain names with one contract
> * Good mailing list software that doesn't throttle too much
> 
> I prioritize the preceding over price. Price is a secondary concern.
> 
> I used Bluehost in the past, but found them not good enough, so I'm
> hoping for somebody better than Bluehost.
> 
> If anyone knows of any good web hosts, please let me know.
> 
> SteveT
> 
> Steve Litt
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> http://www.troubleshooters.com/bookstore/thrive.htm
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