Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

* 50 Mb space
* POP + Webmail
* Callsign as subdomain (example: http://sm0tsc.qsl.nu)
* MySQL Database
* FTP Access
* PHP
* Spamfilter (Advanced filter based on SpamAssassin, DCC, Blacklists, Greylisting....)
* Antivirus*

*Note - We're using several different antivirus engines such as Panda Antivirus among others for increased security.

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Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by KI4WLR on August 14, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

Looks like a good idea, I am sure many hams will like to take advantage of the space. I see a few pages aren't working yet (I would have thought those pages could have been active before launch, easy to put up the about.php and some of the others, but that is just me), and when filling out the form to submit a new site it might be nice to know which fields are the required fields, other than that it looks nice.

73, KI4WLR
http://www.ki4wlr.com

Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by SM0TSC on August 14, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

We are fixing everything as we speak, all fields "should" be requied (If not the webdesigner have not told me correct informatio)

Best 73 de SM0TSC

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by VE3LXL on August 14, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

This could be very useful, especially since the former "standard" free webhosting service for amateur radio, qsl.net, seems to have been abandoned (the lights are on there, but no one appears to be at home).

Maybe you're already planning to do this, but I'd suggest adding a directory of the user sites you're hosting, so that people can visit qsl.nu and then just browse people's sites at random.

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by SM0TSC on August 14, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

This is also one of the thing we are going to add in a near future

73 de SM0TSC

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by KC8VWM on August 14, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

It's not sending the confirmation email containing the details for setting up the site for some reason.

Who knows mabey the server is experiencing technical difficulties at the moment.

Access using FrontPage would be nice.
I would like to use it as a Ham WX / APRS related site.

Thank you very much for providing this service for us. Much appreciated.

73 de Charles - KC8VWM

Email:

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RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by SM0TSC on August 14, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

Hi Charles

You are registred correctly, for some reason (god knows why). Yahoo is not accepting the email when trying to deliver it. See below

Aug 15 01:12:00 ns postfix/smtp[2261]: CD6C97BC3C2: host c.mx.mail.yahoo.com[68.142.237.182] said: 451 Message temporarily deferred - [170] (in reply to end of DATA command)
Aug 15 01:12:01 ns postfix/smtp[2261]: CD6C97BC3C2: to=<kc8vwm@yahoo.com>, relay=f.mx.mail.yahoo.com[68.142.202.247]:25, delay=12, delays=11/0.01/1.5/0.34, dsn=4.0.0, status=deferred (host f.mx.mail.yahoo.com[68.142.202.247] said: 451 Message temporarily deferred - [170] (in reply to end of DATA command))

This means that they are not accepting the email for the time beeing. Our emailserver will try to deliver it for a while (several days). If not succesful it will "bounce". We have other hams with yahoo email so I don´t know what is wrong. If you provide me with another email adress I can send it there.

Regarding the FrontPage I will investigate what we can do. I can also recommend DreamWeaver from Macromedia which is a far more advanced and more modern piece of software.

Best 73 de SM0TSC - Johan

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by SM0TSC on August 14, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

Update

Charles,

After some "googleing" I found out the reason, yahoo enforces a very aggresive greylisting techinique. I have now managed to force deliver the mail (you might end up with 2 or 3 copies). I also tried your qrz.com listed email address.

Vy 73 de SM0TSC - Johan Hansson

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by SM0TSC on August 14, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

Update 2

I have now installed "Frontpage Extensions" which should enable comapabillity with MS Frontpage. I have no Frontpage on my workstation so I cannot actually not test.

Can you please test and email me the results on info@qsl.nu

Regards,

SM0TSC - Johan Hansson

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by KC8VWM on August 14, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

Ok, I got the email thanks.

It ended up in my spam folder though. I flagged it as "not spam" and this is supposed to alert Yahoo to place it on the "acceptable mail" list.

I will test Frontpage and let you know how that goes.

So far I have only tried a quick FTP upload of the site to the server.

Thanks.

My Best,

Charles - KC8VWM

http://kc8vwm.qsl.nu

"Still Under Construction"

Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by KB2PSM on August 14, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

What is meant by "locator"?

Thanks...
Rob KB2PSM

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by SM0TSC on August 14, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

Hi,

It´s your maidenhead locator eg (EM51 , JO99 or similar)

73 de SM0TSC - Johan Hansson

Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by KB9MNM on August 15, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

So, what will the address be? www.kb9mnm.??? or www.qsl.nu/kb9mnm? just curious.

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by SM0TSC on August 15, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

Hi

As it say both on the website (www.qsl.nu) and in the email sent out with your account details. It will be http://yourcall.qsl.nu and the email adress will be yourcall@qsl.nu

73 de SM0TSC - Johan

Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by W4DPD on August 15, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

Just a question?
What is the privacy policy?
emails,phone numbers, etc.

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by SM0TSC on August 15, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

That is being written just at the moment, but in short we will normally never disclosure any email or other information about (beside ur QSL.NU address). All information is just for our own use to be able to contact you when necessary. Also we probably need to disclosure your details if a court order us to, but that is pretty normal, don´t you think

73 de SM0TSC - Johan

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by W4DPD on August 15, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

Yes that is the answer I was looking for.......

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by KC8VWM on August 15, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

Frontpage extensions not working.

I have placed at the very bottom end of my homepage (index.htm) a FrontPage server extension enabled on it as a test.

When the server on your end enables Microsoft SharePoint services on your server, the FrontPage extensions will be enabled and my webpage FrontPage extension will show up correctly and start functioning normally.

Hope that helps.

73

http://kc8vwm.qsl.nu

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by SM0TSC on August 15, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

HI,

Sorry but the server is not Microsoft based, so no sharepoint services are availble. I have installed Frontpage Extensiions for Unix / Apache. I will try to see if there is any tests availble for that.

73 de SM0TSC - Johan

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by KC8VWM on August 15, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

Well no matter. It's free web server space and it seems to work just fine. I have been just editing my site locally on my PC using FrontPage and then I upload it to the server using FTP.

I know, you are probobly still in the middle of working on a few new developments. Any proposed changes or news you can tell us about?

For example, will you be adding a website user directory so we can visit other users websites on QSL.nu?

It's just an idea to think about but you might want to consider advertising on eHam using a banner to promote the new server space for hams.

I bet they might even provide you a discount since the service you are offering is free for hams. I understand this site brings in around 750,000 visitors each month.

Just email them at:

adspacemaster@eHam.net

If you have a PayPal account setup, I can donate a little bit.

Good work!

tnx de Charles - KC8VWM

http://kc8vwm.qsl.nu

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by SM0TSC on August 16, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

Hi again Charles

I have checked the Frontpage issue futher. We will not use it due to the it´s obsolete and a very old program. MicroSoft is moving away from it in favour for "DAV" and will not relalse any updated FrontPage Extensions for Unix. Also it insecure anc can open backdoors on the server. I hope you can use FTP for upload instead.

Best 73 de SM0TSC - Johan

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by NY7Q on August 16, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

CW is a lanquage you hear, not write.
CW is never read
It is heard and decyphered within your brain not your eys...
Sorry OM but it gags me when I see people do this

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by SM0TSC on August 16, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

Hi,

Sorry but not quite following you here. What does this have to do to with the topic??

73 de SM0TSC -- Johan

RE: Free Webspace and Email for All Hams:

by KC8VWM on August 16, 2007 Mail this to a friend!

I think he is referring to the fact that I didn't want my email address to be scanned by the spam robots on the internet so I "wrote it" in CW instead.

Some people are offended by anything and everything.

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