2 for 1 Sale at Dixiesys Webhosting!! *Deal is OVER*

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: AODOnline
Devistater:
How'd you find that page. Its still experimental last I knew.

Turn on your PM (private messages) and I'll message you to let you know where I found the link.

 

[AODOnline]

Originally posted by: wormsAs you and others have noted, there have been a great number of recent outages. As I have noted, other than some forum posts, Dixiesys has done nothing to inform their customers of the status (or future status) of the servers. In my book that adds up to pretty lousy service worthy of gripe. They reply promptly to e-mails and forum posts which is great but they really do a poor job of initiating any communication. I still have no idea why they refunded my service fee because they haven't sent me an email, put a note on my account, or called me to explain.

And as Gary stated the last time he sent out emails when a service outage was ANNOUNCED he got reported to spam cop. So decieded to just post the announcements in the forums and on the help desk. Since the outage he has herd the gripes and now knows that any email is better than none even if it means some one like YOU report him to spamcop for it. I honestly think he should add a clause to the TOS thats states you have no choice and will be emailed any service announcement that pertains to your server and that reporting it to spam cop will get your account terminated.

As for setting up mirrors, you know how hard that would be, and besides the fact that you would still have to change the DNS settings for every domain on that machine, let alone copy every thing over. You truely seem to be clueless about how the internet works at any level. I don't claim to know more or less than you, but at least I get all the facts and don't make them up before I go on a rant.

 

[Princeman]

Would the Personal Site Hosting be good for a family web page to share pictures on? Is there a link to describe this type of site and how to put one up once you sign up?

 

[bradolson]

Originally posted by: Princeman
Would the Personal Site Hosting be good for a family web page to share pictures on? Is there a link to describe this type of site and how to put one up once you sign up?

It might, but the 40MB (80 if doubled during the sale) might be a little small depending on how many pictures you have. I would go for the Small plan if I were you - twice the cost but 5 times the storage space.

Brad

 

[worms]

The mirror, the copy, etc, is not that difficult. It's done all the time. There's a little bit of limbo in the middle of the night as the internet catches up, but no major downtime. The overwhelming majority of internet servers are moved via this method -- that's why I'm so shocked that he just walked in and turned the thing off. And without even telling anybody!

Yeah, I read the spamcop thing on the forum when I was reading the "apology". Sure would like more info on that. Never heard of a business having action taken against them for sending out e-mails related to transactions initiated by customers. And yes, I have been noted by many as being overly skeptical at times. Maybe I should give him the benefit of the doubt. Hey, I know what would be fun! I just got an e-mail from Amazon telling me that my laxative order will be delayed. I bet I could single handedly shut down Amazon's entire communications infrastructure simply by forwarding that e-mail to a spamcop. Cool! The world is finally at my mercy.

D'dya see the South Park "M word" episode? It'd be kinda like that. But without the Elway statue.

 

[SpideyCU]

worms, I think you missed the crux of what JackMDS was trying to say. Either that, or being unnecessarily sarcastic. Can't tell.

JackMDS, I agree 100%. I couldn't have put it better myself.

re: the Amazon comment, that's nowhere near the same type of situation so I'll just let someone else tear into that. Just know that you're comparing apples and oranges there.

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: worms
Yeah, I read the spamcop thing on the forum when I was reading the "apology". Sure would like more info on that. Never heard of a business having action taken against them for sending out e-mails related to transactions initiated by customers. And yes, I have been noted by many as being overly skeptical at times. Maybe I should give him the benefit of the doubt. Hey, I know what would be fun! I just got an e-mail from Amazon telling me that my laxative order will be delayed. I bet I could single handedly shut down Amazon's entire communications infrastructure simply by forwarding that e-mail to a spamcop. Cool! The world is finally at my mercy.

Doesn't sound like you know what spamcop is. Lemme guess, you didn't go to google and search (its the first hit).
Spamcop is in part a service where people report spam, and then spammer IP's and in some cases spamming ISP's are added to a blacklist. Other ISP's and people who voluntarily utilize the blacklist automatically delete ANY email from those IP's or ISPs. So if dixiesys got reported to spamcop, then got added to the blacklist, no one who voluntarily uses the blacklist could get ANY email from ANYONE at dixiesys. In fact, if your ISP voluntarily uses the blacklist (and many use blacklists without telling anyone) you wouldn't get any email from anyone at dixiesys and would never know something was wrong.
This is a fairly simplified explaination (i.e. I didn't mention open relay or some of the other issues), but you can see what kinda things can go down if you get added to a spam blacklist.

Plus if you read spamcops policies it doesn't sound like the easiest of methods to get yourself removed from the blacklist. I agree with AODOnline though, if a person reports an official system announcement concerning thier server to spamcop, then why should they even be allowed to use the service? I mean its easy enough to set up a auto delete filter to delete anything coming from dixysys if you REALLY don't want any system announcements.


AODOnline did you read my previous response to you? Top of the page.

 

[worms]

Thanks for the info devistater. I put Amazon on the list. Now that I think about it, a John Elway statue would be kinda handy.

I see what you mean about the difficulties Dixiesys must have endured to finally get removed from spamcop's list. From the FAQ:

If you have stopped the spam, you will be delisted automatically within one week.

 

[SearchMaster]

My company sends out job search results that you specifically must sign up for. We get reported to spamcop all the time. The stupidity of people amazes me. "Please send me information. But if you do, you're gonna get in trouble for it."

 

[VisionsUCI]

i jumped on this last time... i think i'll do it again; i just need to figure out some new domains to register now

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: worms
Thanks for the info devistater. I put Amazon on the list. Now that I think about it, a John Elway statue would be kinda handy.

I see what you mean about the difficulties Dixiesys must have endured to finally get removed from spamcop's list. From the FAQ:

If you have stopped the spam, you will be delisted automatically within one week.

But if they still send out the announcements, that wouldn't be stopping the "spam" now would it?

 

[NetworkDad]

^

 

[SLEEPER5555]

well i emailed gary and he said that if we cancell and reactivate we will be upgraded so unless he changed his mind this is the easy way to do it, as for their service it is lacking in some ways worse than others.

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: VisionsUCI
i jumped on this last time... i think i'll do it again; i just need to figure out some new domains to register now

Same here, it's just too good of a deal to pass up.

 

[dakata24]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: VisionsUCI
i jumped on this last time... i think i'll do it again; i just need to figure out some new domains to register now

Same here, it's just too good of a deal to pass up.

me too. i was originally thinking about upgrading. but getting credits for my account now is only a few bucks. so i'm considering just getting a new small reseller account doubled.. 800MB/12000MB bandwidth/20 sites sounds good.. i wouldnt be reselling anything, just using for my personal use..

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: dakata24

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: VisionsUCI
i jumped on this last time... i think i'll do it again; i just need to figure out some new domains to register now

Same here, it's just too good of a deal to pass up.

me too. i was originally thinking about upgrading. but getting credits for my account now is only a few bucks. so i'm considering just getting a new small reseller account doubled.. 800MB/12000MB bandwidth/20 sites sounds good.. i wouldnt be reselling anything, just using for my personal use..

I'm still trying to understand the pro's/con's of a resellers account, the whole idea doesn't make sense to me. I need someone to explain it to me in kindergarten terms.

 

[dakata24]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: dakata24

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: VisionsUCI
i jumped on this last time... i think i'll do it again; i just need to figure out some new domains to register now

Same here, it's just too good of a deal to pass up.

me too. i was originally thinking about upgrading. but getting credits for my account now is only a few bucks. so i'm considering just getting a new small reseller account doubled.. 800MB/12000MB bandwidth/20 sites sounds good.. i wouldnt be reselling anything, just using for my personal use..

I'm still trying to understand the pro's/con's of a resellers account, the whole idea doesn't make sense to me. I need someone to explain it to me in kindergarten terms.

me either.. the main thing i think is that you can create your own sites (without submitting a support ticket) whenever you want and basically allocate your storage/bandwidth needs for each site however you see fit.

 

[RossMAN]

One thing which turned me off on the reseller accounts is you get less total bandwidth/storage than separate individual accounts however everything seems to be integrated/easier/streamlined/combined.

Choices, choices.

 

[RossMAN]

I'm on Dixiesys server 14 and they moved this server on Monday 9/30.

So now where do I access my Plesk or Ensim control panel?

I used to go to http://www14.dixiesys.com:8443

What is it now?

 

[dakata24]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
One thing which turned me off on the reseller accounts is you get less total bandwidth/storage than separate individual accounts however everything seems to be integrated/easier/streamlined/combined.

Choices, choices.

that's true. i was considering going to the medium site.. but am i really going to need 800MB/15000MB bandwidth for just 1 site? i guess that's the beauty of a reseller account.. AYW accounts..

hmm. your control panel should be the same. since you put the namebased (is that what you called it) dns servers at namecheap and not the ip addresses, it shouldn't affect anything on your site.. if you're having trouble getting to your site, could be a propagation problem..

here's a few utils that i've found that are really helpful.

Dixiesys Domain Checker. shows all the servers along with the correct nameservers and control panel links. you can also enter a site to see which server it's on

*Edit* Opps. was it this thread that this link was mentioned.. great link nonetheless thanks to Devistater Dixiesys Server Stats. If you have trouble getting to your site, this is good to see if your server is down plus to check statistics on your server like uptime and load

Dixiesys Webserver stats.. to see how much bandwidth each server is using

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: dakata24

Originally posted by: RossMAN
One thing which turned me off on the reseller accounts is you get less total bandwidth/storage than separate individual accounts however everything seems to be integrated/easier/streamlined/combined.

Choices, choices.

that's true. i was considering going to the medium site.. but am i really going to need 800MB/15000MB bandwidth for just 1 site? i guess that's the beauty of a reseller account.. AYW accounts..

hmm. your control panel should be the same. since you put the namebased (is that what you called it) dns servers at namecheap and not the ip addresses, it shouldn't affect anything on your site.. if you're having trouble getting to your site, could be a propagation problem..

here's a few utils that i've found that are really helpful.

Dixiesys Domain Checker. shows all the servers along with the correct nameservers and control panel links. you can also enter a site to see which server it's on

Dixiesys Server Stats. If you have trouble getting to your site, this is good to see if your server is down plus to check statistics on your server like uptime and load

Dixiesys Webserver stats.. to see how much bandwidth each server is using

THANK YOU!

I tried the Domain Checker, it listed the Control Panel URL for Server 14 and for whatever reason it worked!

WooHoo.

 

[catrats]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I'm on Dixiesys server 14 and they moved this server on Monday 9/30.

So now where do I access my Plesk or Ensim control panel?

I used to go to http://www14.dixiesys.com:8443

What is it now?

Just in case you haven't figured it out by now, it's supposed to be https, not http.

 

[Wooster]

Currently, I am on the server 16. If I upgrade my account to reseller, is that mean I have to move off server 16 and move to some other reseller server? If I do, do I have to recreate everything from scratch again? Hopefully not!

 

[catrats]

Based on the thread over at DixieSys, they would probably relocate your account to a different server. It's also a pretty safe guess that you would have to start from scratch after upgrading but if you have a backup of your site, I wouldn't be concerned.

 

[Wooster]

Mmmmm..... I just jump from server 5 to server 14 and then to server 16 within past two month. Not sure if I can take another "hyper jump".