Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 15:30:09 -0700 From: "Jim" <rtmcrider@cox.net> To: <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org> Subject: Administering a web and mailing list server at home... Message-ID: <20040906223008.YGSO28358.fed1rmmtao05.cox.net@jgugerty>
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All - Thank you for your replies with much appreciated encouragement, information, and suggestions! Kevin Kinsey wrote: I might proffer the opinion that in contrast to the statement "seems to me I would lose a lot of control and have software tool choice limitations..." that it might very well be the opposite case. As administrator of the server, *you* choose what software will be installed, not someone else. Unless you are talking about proprietary software, it's out there; many hosting services use freely available "Open Source" code for almost every purpose there is. Dave Vollenweider wrote: As an alternative, you could look into a commercial web hosting company that uses FreeBSD and puts every site in its own jail. You'd then have a root password for the jail and can do whatever you want with it without affecting the rest of the system. As a result of these two comments, I looked into the possibility of a vps host. This does seem to solve problems I have with my current provider explicitly stating that operating a web server through their connection violates my user agreement. I am also investigating the alternative choices I have been given for my MTA and mailing list manager software. Thank you all again! Jim
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