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Why is it an advantage to shift responsibility in web hosting? [VII.]
Aug 1st
In my previous articles in this category I have talked about the different servers roles which can be “outsourced”. Now I would like to give some opinions to back up my idea of shifting some of the server roles to a third party. I told you what roles are prime candidates to be outsourced if you are on a VPS server and today I would like to tell you why I would use a third party company and not host the server role myself. By server role I mean MAIL server, DNS server etc. 
The reason why to choose someone else to care about these roles…
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‘Redundancy’
- With redundancy I do not mean using two mail servers instead of one…What I mean under this term in this situation is using multiple providers for different parts of your web site life. Most of the time you see people to host everything on one single server and than complaining about slow performance, downtime or other kinds of trouble. But as soon as you start to use multiple companies this problem is gone. Read the rest of this entry »
The art of shifting responsibility in web hosting [VI. -1]
Jul 4th
I told you the last time here I will bring you my own tutorial on how to set up your domain to use Google Apps for email services and point your domain hosting to your web host. Well, now it’s the time to tell you exactly what you need to do
Pre-requisities
Before I even start the tutorial I need to make sure we are at the same starting point. To do anything described in this tutorial you will need to have these things and you need to know where they are:
- You need to own a domain name
- Without a second level domain name there is no chance anything from this tutorial might work
- Without a second level domain name there is no chance anything from this tutorial might work
- You need to go to your domain name registrar and find whether they allow you full DNS management Read the rest of this entry »
The art of shifting responsibility in web hosting [V.]
Jul 3rd
Now we know it is a big advantage to have our domain’s “fate” divided between more than just one company and on one service. We are able to change the DNS to fit our needs and so there is no problem to point visitors to our web site and the emails they send to an absolutely different location. Everything you need to do is to set your domain’s DNS right.
Mail server options
Every wbe host offers you the option to manage and create a certain number of email accounts for your domain name. This does not mean you do not have any other options and you have to stick with this solution. You might not be satisfied with your host’s level of email service or you are just cautious and want to make your website and domain name more robust and trouble free. You have n option to either:
- search for a specialized email hosting service [e.g. Godaddy or 1and1]
- use a free service from a third party [e.g Google Apps]
- use a standard email service [e.g Yahoo mail or AOL mail...] Read the rest of this entry »
Google Apps and the lost administrator password storyp
Jun 28th
This might look a little bit off topic on this blog dedicated to web hosting, but it is not. Actually it is a very good topic to write about as some of the domain registrars out there offer you an easy way to integrate Google Apps and use the features associated with this service.
There are many advantages to use Google Apps:
- you do not have to worry about email servers and their uptime – Google takes care
- spam is no more a problem for you – Google takes care of it
- you can use some of the features normally associated only with Gmail accounts [Calendar etc.] – You would not be able to use them on a Cpanel email account
- There are virtually no limits on the email account space side as Gmail gives you 7GB+ of space [Cpanel and web hosts limit email space to 2GB maximum for all accounts [not per account!] !!!] Read the rest of this entry »
Should you use your own email or a Gmail mail?
May 10th
I though, this would be a nice topic to start the week with. Many times you are standing before the decision. You have bought a domain name and now you do have a hosting for it as well. The next step is to bring the whole web site to life. And now comes the question. Should you use your own mail address e.g. your_name(at)your_domain.com, or should you go with a third party email solution e.g. Gmail or Yahoo! Mail?
Looking professional
The answer to the question is basically about how you want to be seen. Do you want to have a professionally looking image, or it’s not that important for you? This is the basic question you need to ask yourself. If you are trying to sell some kind of product, or service, than the image is an important thing for you and I think, it would make much more sense to go with your own email address. It adds the professional look and feel. You can always direct your customers to a third party mail address afterwards. Read the rest of this entry »
Email options for your hosting
Feb 2nd
The last time I was talking about how to upload and download files you want to add/remove to/from your server. This time I will try to explain E Mail aliases to you in more detail as it is another commonly found term when looking for a web host.
Imagine you have a web site. You get tons of traffic. In fact you get more traffic, than your package is able to accommodate. And than, one day your site is down. How does your poor visitor [me] knows, what has happened? Well, you can make a customer “error page” and inform them about a certain problem and include an email link for “emergency” contact.
Well, you say, that sounds good and I will include my own e-mail address. And I will do more, I will use my own – personal – gmail.com or yahoo.com email address in the contact area of my web site just in case. That’s all WRONG! It’s maybe the stupidest thing ever. In under a hour you would be overwhelmed with spam messages. Why? Because your email address would quickly become not a private one, but a public one! Every spam bot would copy it and than try to distribute spam to it. In a few weeks you would decide to make a new personal email address and close this one. Read the rest of this entry »
