Hosting At Tch But Not Using Your Dns Servers

[JohnQM]

Hello

 

I'm interested in TCH, but I have some technical question.

 

1)

I have some domains which all point to the DNS servers of zoneedit.com.

This way I have control over:

- A, CNAME, MX records

- and I can dynamically update some A records so home.**** points to my own computer instead of TCH

- failover (is TCH is down, zoneedit forward the user to another URL)

 

So, I don't want to use the DNS servers of TCH for the moment.

Should my A records (for example domain.com, www.domain.com) point to your DNS server or what else should it point to so I can use TCH? Or how should it be solved?

 

Later on, I will create a MX record which points to your mail server.

 

2) Is there any bayesian SPAM filter of something similiar available?

 

3) is there a php pdf library installed? if yes, which one?

 

4) can I remote access my MYSQL database with a windows tool connecting to port 3306? This is the only way I want to manage databases.

 

5) do you support "nph-" perl scripts

 

6) Can i create cron jobs which runs perls, php scripts?

 

7) are there some feautures which are locked out of .htaccess?

 

8) do you support WAP? I want to connect my mobile phone so I can check email with an IMAP or POP3 interface.

 

Thanks

Genius

[MikeJ]

Giving you the quick answers:

 

1) That'll work just fine. Just point the A records of your domain.com and www.domain.com to the IP address of the server you are hosted on. FTP, mail, and any subdomains you might create you'll have to manually modify in your zones.

 

2) Spamassassin (which is a bayesian filter) is available.

 

3) No php pdf libraries are installed.

 

4) Yes, you can access MySQL remotely.

 

5) I'll have to check on nph scripts. It may depend on what you intend to do with them.

 

6) You have full capability of cron jobs as long as it doesn't use up excessive resources on the server.

 

7) No features are locked out of .htaccess. If it's configured in the webserver, you can manage it with .htaccess.

 

8) There is no WAP support installed that I'm aware of, but in theory you could install your own.

[JohnQM]

Thanks for the quick and precise answers!!! That's a excellent sign of good support and of people knowing what they do!

 

I would like to go into a detail for a few points.

 

2) Spamassassin (which is a bayesian filter) is available.

--> I can learn spamassasin what is SPAM and what isn't?

--> When does spamassasin work? When using webmail, or just when email arrives at webserver?

 

3) No php pdf libraries are installed.

--> Can these be installed on request?

 

5) I'll have to check on nph scripts. It may depend on what you intend to do with them.

--> It would be useful for me because unbuffered output to browser, date and status codes can be changed. I'm working on some projects which need nph.

 

8) There is no WAP support installed that I'm aware of, but in theory you could install your own.

--> I mean, can I create wml pages, just upload them to your server, and when browse with my mobile, will it work?

 

example: i have a directory called /WAP with only one file inside, called index.wml

 

Thanks

JohnQM

[MikeJ]

2) To the best of my knowledge, you can learn spam assassin on TCH. As for the filtering, it takes effect when the email arrives at the server.

 

3) If they are free, TCH would review it and install it if requested and they approve it. I don't believe I can give you a more direct answer without a specific library request.

 

5) I'm just a forum moderator so I'll let one of the staff confirm whether or not nph's are supported for sure (or get the information from them in a little bit). I want to make sure I'm answering accurately.

 

8) Yea, sorry...don't do WAP much. WML should work fine.

[borfast]

Mike, on question no. 2, I believe John was asking if he could teach Spam Assassin.

 

You can configure Spam Assassim to some extent but I don't think it has any "learning" capabilities, like Mozilla Thunderbird and other mail clients.

 

And as Mike said, Spam Assassin acts on your mail once it arrives at the server, which means you'll see the suspect message marked as possible spam whether you use webmail or a mail client on your computer.

[MikeJ]

Yes, I know Raul. I was refering to SA auto-learning, not him learning.

 

I blame my lack of clarity on the fact I've been up way too long.

[JohnQM]

I will give TCH a try. Subscribing right now.

 

JohnQM

[JohnQM]

Just subscribed. Already waiting to use my new account

 

JohnQM

[MikeJ]

Welcome to the Family!

 

(says the sleepy one.... )

 

If you have more questions, ask away.

[ThumpAZ]

Welcome to the Family, JohnQM

 

As for wml, it should work no problem. It is a w3c format so you should have no problems with the pages working from here.

Also, full support of IMAP and POP3 are here, so email is not a problem either.

Edited March 13, 2004 by TCH-Glenn

[TCH-Bruce]

Welcome to the family, JohnQM!

 

I have two sites I've created WML (WAP) pages for and they work fine.

[borfast]

Welcome aboard, John.

I'm sure you'll like it here

 

As Mike said, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to open a new thread right here on the forums.

 

We just ask that you follow the forum rules (no offensive posts, etc, etc) and try to post your message in the correct forum so we can keep things nice and organized, here