Searching for a shared web host that doesn’t suck (3 of 3)
Shared web hosting vs. VPS or cloud providers After migrating in a hurry from a terrible shared hosting provider (part 1) to a slightly-less-terrible host (part 2)… I wanted to take my time in finding a more long-term home, where I would have the option of doing some light development. The most obvious idea these [...]
Searching for a shared web host that doesn’t suck (2 of 3)
Using Google to take mail out of the shared web host picture When I decided to migrate from a previous shared host (previous post), I was most upset about the hassle of moving my mail. That is always the least fun part of the process, involving: downloading all my remote IMAP mail to local folders [...]
Searching for a shared web host that doesn’t suck (1 of 3)
Lessons learned: [1] be security-conscious, and [2] don’t use 2MHost It hasn’t been a very good year for this domain name. For years now, my email and website have been hosted by 2MHost… a bargain-basement shared host charging only 30-something bucks a year. This suited my needs just fine. I briefly maintained a general-interest WordPress [...]
Google-hosted mail for parked domain names, without needing a web host
Google-hosted mail in general It’s fairly well-known that Google will host email for your domain… storing it on their servers, and making it accessible through both their Gmail web interface as well as normal IMAP. To start, you create a Google Apps account. Most search results will take you (unsurprisingly) to the Google Apps for [...]
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