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Pandamonium

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Alright so here's the deal. I've got three domain names (personal use) and just ditched my webhost.

I'm squatting on two of the names, and use the third for email only. (And I'd only have one domain if some bastard didn't register my last name a few months before I started shopping...) I recently moved its email over to Google Apps and like that a lot. I used to like web design; now I kind of don't have the time for it. But I might want to dabble in blogging as kind of a cathartic release.

Now that my host is gone, I don't have a way to change the MX records. So google apps is hosed for now. All I want is google apps running my email and maybe 10-50 MB of web space. It'd be nice if I had built in stuff like wordpress, but I can whip something up with a WYSIWYG if that's necessary. Do I *really* have to pay for a web host, or can I accomplish that using some combination of free tools?
 
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If you own the domain then you have complete control over the NS, and hence the MX records. For instance if your domain registrar is GoDaddy then you can use it to for the NS free of charge, and point your MX records to Google Apps. You can also use Google Apps for simple websites (forget if it's free or not).
 
Homerboy

Homerboy

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Pandamonium said:
Alright so here's the deal. I've got three domain names (personal use) and just ditched my webhost.

I'm squatting on two of the names, and use the third for email only. (And I'd only have one domain if some bastard didn't register my last name a few months before I started shopping...) I recently moved its email over to Google Apps and like that a lot. I used to like web design; now I kind of don't have the time for it. But I might want to dabble in blogging as kind of a cathartic release.

Now that my host is gone, I don't have a way to change the MX records. So google apps is hosed for now. All I want is google apps running my email and maybe 10-50 MB of web space. It'd be nice if I had built in stuff like wordpress, but I can whip something up with a WYSIWYG if that's necessary. Do I *really* have to pay for a web host, or can I accomplish that using some combination of free tools?
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If you want 10-50MB of space, yes you have to pay.
 
olds

olds

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I pay $110 CAD a year for 2000 MB.
Don't know if it's good or bad but RossMAN told me to do it.
 
Crusty

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oldsmoboat said:
I pay $110 CAD a year for 2000 MB.
Don't know if it's good or bad but RossMAN told me to do it.
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Maybe when you signed up for it. You can pay that price now and get a full VPS with 512MB ram, 10Gb storage and plenty of bandwidth.
 
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