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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 to 250 KB upstream, no matter what the plan.  Which means if you have ...

To:  suggestions@godaddy.com; ******@godaddy.comCC: 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 ...

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)   GoDaddy blocks port 25 outgoing for all dedicated servers. GoDaddy ...

[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”, “Optional Components”, “Windows Optional”, and nothing showed up, I ...

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 Paul 2008.

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.  Wouldn't it be nice though?  

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 to receive emails over an SSL connection, but it's not possible to send emails ...

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 - believe it.   What can you do about it? Send an email ...

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 a GoDaddy-hosted email address from a non-shared hosting account through Gmail ( just ...

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 important to note that Comcast will cut off your ...

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 maximum of 8000 bytes long.   Jeez, that's not much. If I want to host ...

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 GoDaddy. First, I used a bandwidth test site ...

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 quite regularly. Quality. GoDaddy is reliable.  You get what you're ...

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 I know the problems all to well and would recommend that you change web providers.'' I've ...