Re: [Paddlewise] I Did It! (yup another cracked account)

From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 15:09:42 -0700
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 2:41 PM, Melissa Reese <willkayakforfood_at_gmx.com>wrote:

>
> For free accounts, I don't mind recommending gmx.com. I've been using
> them for years, and am quite pleased with the POP/SMTP service (also
> have web based interface as part of the service). Accounts have never
> been "hijacked" in any way.
>

I have moved several accounts from local hosts (at $15 to $25 a month) to
www.bluehost.com (at about $7 per month). In fact I recommend this (or
something similar) for anyone using Exchange as their in-office email box. I
can use bluehost as a domain forwarder and then set the office router to
deny any SMTP from all but bluehost. This makes me feel much better about
having Exchange on the Internet.

It should be noted that recently several large domain hosting services have
been cracked with several thousand domains and web pages defaced and/or
deleted. Nothing is 100% secure any more.

I have www.nwkayaking.net on bluehost (for the past 2 years) with good
success.

Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
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