[geeks] good online hosting company

[Micah R Ledbetter]

On Mar 27, 2007, at 10:45, Kevin R. Marshall wrote:

> I'm looking for a reputable hosting company that provides a good  
> web based email solution (< 100 users).

I use TextDrive(.com) for my personal stuff, and its webmail client  
ain't bad, for webmail. I've never tried it, but the parent company  
Joyent(.com) sells a service called Joyent Connector, which is  
hosted, web 2.0ish collaboration software like calendar, project  
management, and email.

> My uncle's company email system is a mess and for his situation,  
> off-site hosting makes the best sense.  They would be retaining the  
> email on the server and using the web interface exclusively.
>
> Preferably something that runs linux and we could add an apache/ 
> mysql/php system to at a later date for another project.

You get one account that includes TextDrive (hosting, with Ruby/ 
Python/Perl/PHP, etc), Connector, and StrongSpace (a few GB of non- 
public, sftp-based remote storage).

> If anyone has any suggestions, i'd be happy to hear them.

The reason I hosted with them is that Ben Rockwood (cuddletech.com/ 
blog, big OpenSolaris evangelist and storage blogger) began work for  
them. I read his blog, so I considered that about as good as a  
personal recommendation :).

  - Micah