[DM-MUG] web site advice

[Bryan Baker]

No, .Mac is 100 MB not 10. That was for the old free iTools.
So, it's 2x the space that you get w/ 5 screen names (and all in one 
place)
I've had very little down time, though some flakiness on occasion. 
(Mail connection seems to go south each AM, some time between 9:30 and 
10:30 for a couple minutes).

100 MB iDisk - accessible through webDAV, makes updates easy.
  15 MB IMAP Email
Web access to address book addresses
Rebates, deals, coupons and free stuff. ($20 Apple store GC for 
renewing, iBlog software, couple other apps, etc.)
iApp integration w/ most of Apple's suite.
etc...

.Mac != iTools and never did, iTools was a subset of what .Mac gives 
you.

another place to look for webspace and email that's free is spymac. 
http://spymac.com

100 MB webspace (also webDAV)
250 MB photo album
   1 GB email (pop3)

I currently use both, since I needed more space to host my GB creations 
for MacJams.
I've got to say SpyMac has been MUCH flakier re downtime etc. than .Mac 
has ever been for me, but it's free.
All that said, I'd still agree that it's best to try what you've 
already got.

I've liked .Mac and had litle trouble w/ it, and some of it's 
integration w/ Apple's apps is really sweet, but if you aren't going to 
use the features (or the extra deals they throw your way) it's not 
worth it.

On May 13, 2004, at 8:43 PM, Chris Tyrrell wrote:

>
> On Thursday, May 13, 2004, at 12:24 PM, Ray Bowler wrote:
>
>> I have had several suggestions to place photos and documents which my 
>> wife wishes to transmit to others on a web site and let people 
>> download them. This would solve some problems with them not arriving.
>>
>> My ISP, MediaCom, offers free web page space to members with a lot of 
>> tools to help develop the page.
>>
>> Apple's .Mac account seems to be attractive also.
>>
>> Any advice on why I should go with the .Mac account for people who 
>> are not too good with computers? The $100 is not trivial.
>
> Ray, forget the .Mac stuff. You'll get more space with your Mediacom 
> account (10 MB per each of 5 accounts per customer ) while .Mac has a 
> 10 MB limit. Also, mac.com servers seem to have more downtime than 
> Mediacom servers. If you're unsure about how to create a web page or 
> upload to your Mediacom web space, this list is the place for help.
>
> I should add that my experience with mac.com stopped when my free 
> account expired in '02. Maybe it's more reliable as a paid service, 
> but still not likely worth $100, IMHO.
>
>
> Chris
>
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