[nylug-talk] Simple Web Hosting Question

[mylar]

On Thu, 2006-10-05 at 16:54, Ron Guerin wrote:
> wcmozart at aol.com wrote:
> 
> > I need free web hosting, on a fast reliable site, for a very simple
> > 1-page web site I have designed, which has 2 text entry boxes which are
> > to be filled in by visitors to the site -- when they click 'enter', I
> > want the text entered to be forwarded to me at an e-mail address I want
> > to specify; i.e. I need the entered text to be forwarded via email to a
> > site different from the one hosting my site (this is an absolute
> > requirement)
> >  
> >  What feature does the hosting service need to have to do this???
> 
> You need PHP/ASP/CGI service on the account.  Aside from that you're
> pretty much defining the bare minimum such service provides.  If you
> don't have the ability to mail input to yourself from a form, you really
> aren't getting anything useful.  You should be aware however that thanks
> to spammers, you should expect to see such free hosting offered.  (PHP
> with no outbound mail)
> 
> >  Can anyone recommend a free hosting site with this capability???
> 
> No, but there's a lot of bottom-of-the-barrel hosting out there that
> should fit the bill for this.  1and1 has some kind of $2/mo deal going,
> and I hear it's not very good, but it has to be better than free hosting.
> 
> - Ron

I've found free hosting services to be the pits. I tried free services
years ago and it was rock bottom hell. Totally unreliable and subject to
change without notice. And I tried several different ones. 

Best  bet, even if its a bare minimal simple project go with a paid
service. Some of them are relatively inexpensive, $9.00 - $10.00/month.
But from my experience free hosting generally sucks.

mylah