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As someone else mentioned, get your own domain and host the site somewhere. You can domains as low as $5 a year and host it anywhere from $10/yr (for a cheapo company that won't be around in a year) to $10/mo and up.. If you just want email, dont pay any more than $10/mo, if not less.

Then you can set the email addresses yourself from a simple web interface and if the host has a good spam system in place, you wont have to deal with that either.

Also, ask people you know for suggestions.. Don't go to those "10 best hosting companies!" as they're pretty much all paid placement. If you really care where you're going, browse Webhostingtalk and look for people that post often and are helpful. I figure if they're willing to help others on their own time, they'll help you out when you're a paying customer..

Matthew, is Red Hat doing anything to resolve the massive issues the EOL policy has created in hosting facilities running Red Hat? As an example, see this thread on the EV1Servers (formerly Rackshack) forum, paying particular attention to posts by EV1Servers staff (with handles like *-EV1). I understand completely that Red Hat has not gained directly from hosting companies like EV1Servers running Red Hat, however there must be quite a few servers in there paying for Red Hat Network access, and now they will be left high and dry. And that's just one facility. Is Red Hat going to provide an upgrade path for these machines, or just let them sit there and turn into hax0r magnets?

(Note: I have no affiliation with EV1, beyond being a reluctant customer. But that's another story...)

adam

My ISP charges 4$ canadian per month for a static IP... I get mine free, I'm grandfathered.

Seriously though, if you can't afford a dedicated server (80$ at RackShack or ServerMatrix), maybe a virtual server (10$/mth), like here:

http://www.ev1servers.net/english/virtuals.asp

10$ a month, unlimited transfer, 100MB storage space, and it comes with:

One domain name hosted (purchased separately)
Unlimited email accounts
Unlimited email aliases or forwards
Unlimited FTP access
FrontPage 2000 extensions
Unlimited bandwidth usage
CGI, PHP and Server Side Includes

Which seems to be everything you want, though you only get 1 domain name, so it's not really a full DNS server. Additional ones hosted are 2$ per month though, and most registrars like GoDaddy host it for you, and even let you edit the records themselves.

For more info on it, check out here: http://www.ev1servers.net/english/faq/index.asp?ca t=Virtual+Hosting

I'd list some more virtual server providers, but I can't remember any off the top of my head :p A google search for "virtual server host" turns up a few places with similar plans.

My ISP charges 4$ canadian per month for a static IP... I get mine free, I'm grandfathered.

Seriously though, if you can't afford a dedicated server (80$ at RackShack or ServerMatrix), maybe a virtual server (10$/mth), like here:

http://www.ev1servers.net/english/virtuals.asp

10$ a month, unlimited transfer, 100MB storage space, and it comes with:

One domain name hosted (purchased separately)
Unlimited email accounts
Unlimited email aliases or forwards
Unlimited FTP access
FrontPage 2000 extensions
Unlimited bandwidth usage
CGI, PHP and Server Side Includes

Which seems to be everything you want, though you only get 1 domain name, so it's not really a full DNS server. Additional ones hosted are 2$ per month though, and most registrars like GoDaddy host it for you, and even let you edit the records themselves.

For more info on it, check out here: http://www.ev1servers.net/english/faq/index.asp?ca t=Virtual+Hosting

I'd list some more virtual server providers, but I can't remember any off the top of my head :p A google search for "virtual server host" turns up a few places with similar plans.

https://domains.ev1servers.net/cgi-bin/manage.cgi

I have never used them, as I am quite satisfied with GoDaddy; however, ev1servers has the lowest price I have ever seen (5.00). I have had great experiences with ev1servers tech support for their rack, and I would assume their domain support would be the same.

Good luck with whoever you choose.

RackShack/EV1Servers recently started offering Windows 2003 servers in addition to their RedHat servers. $10 cheaper for some reason, too. :/