Well I’ve decided that, as my day job is a Systems Administrator, and that my various domains are costing a fair bit to host, I’m as well to secure a dedicated server in a managed data centre, and set things up ideally for my purposes. Not least for leyton.org, but also for places such as theorypractice.org, and leytonconsulting.co.uk. It’ll also enable me to install some software for a business idea I’m playing with (more on that in due course), that requires a more complex environment than most hosts offer.
This will enable me to setup a few services that are impossible to do now, including proper mailing software for labtastic.org, although the wordpress mailing gateway hack is working quite well.
I’ve also a few friends interested in joining in. Whilst I couldn’t necessarily host for free, I’m hoping that I might be able to offer hosting for friends for, at most, the same cost they’re paying now, probably less, but with better services and flexibility than now.
So, if you’re interested in shifting whatever domain you might have, and don’t mind making the assumption that I know what I’m doing, feel free to get in touch.
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July 6th, 2006 at 11:56 am
[...] As I’ve also recently leased my own server, and now run MailScanner to catch obvious spam at the mail infrastructure level, things have calmed down somewhat. But they’re only as good for so much, as it’s a never ending chase the spamming software, and spam-filter writers, try to outwit one another. Generally, I fear that the spammers are winning, as they find new innovative ways of mis-spelling words, using images, and abusing open mail relays. [...]