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

[Steve Litt]

Wayne said on Mon, 3 Jul 2023 06:46:01 -0700

>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've used Bluehost. They're not terrible, but I wouldn't call them
good. Right now I'm investigating Pair.Com, and I'll let you know.

>
>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...

If email is the mission critical thing, you might try posteo.net .
Cheap, good, no hassles, but **BE SURE** not to lose your password,
because no recovery is possible without it. One problem with posteo.net
is that they charge extra for each email address, so if you have
sales at mydomain.com and techsupport at mydomain.com and info at mydomain.com,
you get charged for each one.

Also, have you thought about, temporarily, using an email address for
each domain from your domain registrar?

Later you can find a full featured web host resembling Futurequest.
Let's keep in touch.

SteveT

Steve Litt 
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