The server that I previously used for hosting my blog, personal email, and several other sites is sort of a mess. The owner, a friend of mine, no longer has root access to the server and can’t correct the server time. Also I want to start using my email as IMAP instead of POP3 so I can have a persistent copy anywhere.
So I decided to sign up for Dreamhost. It was easy enough and I got a great deal ($50 off with the coupon code ‘kingofcouponcodes’). Now, while I was doing all this, my internet connection with Shaw was having area problems and everything was extremely slow! It only served to compound my frustration when I realized that it takes several hours to transfer DNS settings to a new domain. And once I did, Dreamhost’s IMAP serving is complete crap. I suppose trying to copy 2379 emails to their servers didn’t help the situation.
So with my email not going anywhere and everything in limbo I decided to sleep on it and see what happens in the morning.
This morning nothing is better. Dreamhost is inexplicably slow when loading my inbox (both in Thunderbird and webmail). Now I’m waiting for my personal email to point to Google’s servers and I’ll be using their Gmail service for my email. Google hasn’t failed me yet and from what I’ve read they already have everything in place for mobile email access.
Stupid Shaw. Stupid Dreamhost
March 7th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Hey Eric, you’re blog totally came up in my Google alerts for Nexopia, so now you’ve got me reading your blog. Creepy, eh?
I recently transferred my hosting to Dreamhost too (auto-installs for Wordpress, HUZZUH!) and I’ve had pretty good service from them so far. I also experienced some excruciatingly slow download speeds for my sites the other day, but they were back up and running fast again by yesterday evening.
Glad to see your comments are finally working~ (You should download the comment subscription plugin too.)
March 7th, 2008 at 11:09 am
Thanks Brenna!
I didn’t actually use the auto-install yet because I just copied everything over including the databases and stuff.
I’ll be sure to check on your blog