[thelist] Hosting a site
Martin
martin at members.evolt.org
Mon Jul 24 14:53:32 CDT 2000
Hoenig, Robert wrote on 24/7/00 7:18 pm
>1.) What does transfer rate mean? I've seen anywhere from 500 meg to 5 gig
>per month. I'm assuming the higher the better, but I would like to know
>what it actually means.
How much data is allowed to leave your web space in the time. If your site
gets busy and out-transfers its allocation, they close you down (or bill
you more) until the next allocation period starts.
>
>2.) What is the difference between E-mail Pop accounts and E-mail aliases?
>I found companies that would give you 5 pop accounts and you could have
>unlimited aliases.
Think of it like this:
My house has one letterbox (POP account).
However, you can write to me at
Martin Burns, 30 Shandon Place
EasyWeb Design, 30 Shandon Place
Martin Burns, 12/3 Terrars Croft
Martin Burns, No. 30, EH11 1QJ
Martin Burns, ContentManagement House, Shandon Place
PO Box 12345, EH11 1QJ
etc
(actually, the last 2 aren't true, but they could be)
Each of those is an alias. Because the postal system is smart, it knows
to redirect all of them to my single letterbox.
>
>3.) Finally has anyone tried out some of the free hosting companies. I
>found a couple out there. I'm just wondering if your getting what you pay
>for in that case.
Absolutely. Nice for personal stuff & to try stuff out, but other than
that,
don't touch 'em.
Cheers
Martin
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