[COLUG] Switching ISP and needing advice...

[Rick Troth]

> Mark L. Wise wrote:
> > Since I host a few small web sites and an e-mail server, will I have
> > problems having an fixed IP address in the wowway space (or any other
> > similar ISP)?

Problems?  Probably.
I certainly applaud you for fighting that fight,
but I have no time or energy for it these days.

On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Duane wrote:
> For not a lot you could get a cheap Xen/etc hosting to do the actual
> mail/web hosting, and get a cheaper internet service and have things
> work, otherwise you might end up on RBLs like others have suggested.

Yeah ... this is what I am doing lately:
It's not Xen, but a FreeBSD "jail".  Works.
Still have some problems handling the inbound spam.
But web, DNS, and everything else works.  And I route all of my
outbound email through it so that people see email from me on a
consistent relay address.  And the hosting provider was happy to
plug in the PTR record at no charge.

-- R;   <><