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Wednesday, December 05, 2007 2:09 AM

GoDaddy upload / download limits and false advertising

I'll make this post as objective as I can, even though I'm angry with GoDaddy for misleading customers. Maybe it will help other people to not suffer because of GoDaddy's false advertising practices. GoDaddy limits each shared hosting account GLOBALLY
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Thursday, September 20, 2007 2:35 PM

Overage charges - A sad day for GoDaddy and I

To: suggestions@godaddy.com ; ******@godaddy.com CC: president@godaddy.com ; ******@godaddy.com ; ******@godaddy.com ; ******@godaddy.com Subject: Overage charges - A sad day for GoDaddy and I Hey friends at GoDaddy, I’ve CC’d all you nice people that
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Monday, August 20, 2007 5:24 AM

Setting up an SMTP server on a GoDaddy dedicated server

Other topics you might find interesting: Godaddy Email limits on shared hosting accounts and Sending email from an ASP.NET application hosted on a GoDaddy shared hosting account, non-shared hosting account (GoDaddy), and non-shared hosting account (Gmail)
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Friday, August 17, 2007 5:00 PM

GoDaddy offers installation of optional Windows components on dedicated servers

[Editted] Just got a call from GoDaddy support. It went like this. GoDaddy Rep (Patrick): "The files you need are in c:\i386" *Me uninstalling/reinstalling and it working* Me: "Damn it." I previously did search GoDaddy FAQ for “Windows Optional Components”,
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Thursday, June 07, 2007 3:14 PM

Godaddy Email limits on shared hosting accounts

After posting about how to send emails from ASP.NET on a Godaddy shared hosting account , someone asked about how many emails you're allowed to send daily. I called GoDaddy, and the answer is: 1000 emails per hosting account per day . There ya go. Ron
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Tuesday, April 03, 2007 4:54 PM

GoDaddy: Wildcard SSL Certificates on multiple shared hosting accounts

I have one domain: mydomain.com I currently have 3 GoDaddy shared hosting accounts. mydomain.com, a.mydomain.com, and b.mydomain.com. Can I buy a wildcard SSL certificate from GoDaddy and install it on multiple shared hosting accounts? No. Not currently.
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:05 PM

Follow up on GoDaddy email services over SSL connections

This is a follow up to: http://davidjsmitty.com/blog/me/archive/2007/01/20/godaddy-doesn-t-offer-ssl-encrypted-email-services.aspx After a responsive email-chat with Jason Gauer from GoDaddy Quality Assurance, I've been made aware that it is in fact possible
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Saturday, January 20, 2007 4:15 AM

GoDaddy doesn't offer SSL encrypted email services

Facts : GoDaddy doesn't offer SSL encrypted email services as of 1/20/2007. All email you'll be sending or recieving with GoDaddy's servers are un-encrypted . You can't even buy the feature. I know, I know; you're saying: "I don't believe it." Well -
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Saturday, January 20, 2007 5:30 AM

Sending email from an ASP.NET application hosted on a GoDaddy shared hosting account, non-shared hosting account (GoDaddy), and non-shared hosting account (Gmail)

For all of those ASP.NET developers looking to send email that uses SMTP from a GoDaddy Email account. This is the code for sending emails from an ASP.NET application hosted on a GoDaddy shared hosting account from a non-shared hosting account through
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 7:11 PM

The commoditization of throughput (not bandwidth). How much is throughput (not bandwidth) worth to you? (Comcast customers)

This is an examination of how much Comcast throughput (not bandwidth) is worth to you. How much does it cost? You pay $43 - $58 / month for you Comcast connection, $43 if you have cable TV too, and $58 if you don't have cable TV. What do you get? It's
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Monday, January 15, 2007 9:10 AM

Database limitations with shared hosting on GoDaddy

This is for all the developers out there looking to make serious applications on shared hosting accounts with GoDaddy. Problem #1: Microsoft SQL field size limitations with GoDaddy The problem: GoDaddy's Microsoft SQL servers only allow fields to be a
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Saturday, January 06, 2007 8:36 PM

Max upload speed with GoDaddy shared hosting

I've done some testing, and I figure the community may appreciate my results. All of this testing was done in a controlled environment, with machines that could handle the load. Step 1 : Make sure my download connection won't bottleneck the download from
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Saturday, January 06, 2007 12:11 PM

My experiences with GoDaddy

When I evaluate my experiences with businesses, I'm looking for 3 things: quality, service, and value. Any large organization should meet my expectations for atleast 2 of these 3 (or else they shouldn't be successful). GoDaddy meets, and exceeds my expectations
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Saturday, January 06, 2007 11:14 AM

The story of Community Server on GoDaddy shared hosting.

I recently read a reply to a post on the Community Server forums ( http://communityserver.org/forums/thread/554820.aspx ) It went: " chavak, Problems seem to be the norm when trying to run a CS site on GoDaddy.com. As a former disgruntled GoDaddy user
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