phpJoeMo Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Wow, need I say it again, Wow. I am continually amazed at how badly Godaddy falls short every time of being able to answer my questions. Check out this simple script: $sock = fsockopen("smtpout.secureserver.net", 80, $errno, $errstr, 60); if (!$sock) die("$errstr ($errno)\n"); fwrite($sock,"ehlo\r\n"); fwrite($sock,"auth login\r\n"); fwrite($sock,"c3VwcG9ydEsdfdsdfscGxhY2UuY29t\r\n"); fwrite($sock,"aFVoZWpzdsdfd2g=\r\n"); fwrite($sock,"mail from: <[email protected]>\r\n"); fwrite($sock,"rcpt to:<[email protected]>\r\n"); fwrite($sock,"data\r\n"); fwrite($sock,"From: 'me' <[email protected]>\r\n"); fwrite($sock,"To: 'someone' <[email protected]>\r\n"); fwrite($sock,"Subject: This is a test!\r\n"); fwrite($sock,"\r\n"); fwrite($sock,"asdfasfffffffffzzzzzzzzzzzzdfasdf\r\n"); fwrite($sock,"\r\n"); fwrite($sock,".\r\n"); fwrite($sock,"quit\r\n"); $a = stream_get_line ($sock,55555); var_dump($a)."\n"; This comunicates irc protocol to my Godaddy email account. I created this for testing purposes. Tyring to create a newsletter app. THE SCRIPT RUNS FLAWLESSLY FROM MY LOCAL SERVER!!!! After concluding that the problem was on Godaddy's end, I called them up. After getting the usual back and forth garbage about how the problem is with my script, and they can't help me with that, I finally made if very clear: "I will bow a thousand times if you can do this one thing for me..." (speaking to the rep) "ask the admins this very simple and straight forward question: CAN FSOCKOPEN REFERENCE ANY OTHER HOST OTHER THAN RELAY-HOSTING.SECURESERVER.NET?" After another 5 minute hold this is the response I got: "Not an yes/ or no answer, all I got was: You can certainly try..." Silence. I can certainly try? That has got to be the dummest response I have ever heard to a simple question any admin should be able to answer. SO HERE IS MY QUESTION FOR YOU, FELLOW PHPFREAKS ... What is your preferred hosting solution? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/237003-current-dissatisfied-godaddy-customer-help-me-please/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 I haven't tried many different hosting providers but, if you haven't seen it already, here is "Web Host List" sticky: http://www.phpfreaks.com/forums/index.php?topic=117475.0 Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/237003-current-dissatisfied-godaddy-customer-help-me-please/#findComment-1218231 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gizmola Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 Did you try and validate things yourself using telnet from a shell on the godaddy server? When you talk about hosting, you have to provide some context: what type of hosting (shared, vps, cloud, dedicated) and how much you can afford to spend a month. I can tell you for example, that Rackspace support is awesome. As the old adage goes: you get what you pay for. I have a friend who I created a site for that uses godaddy, and I had to deal with their support on a few things, and I got straight answers from them on a number of esoteric questions even when the answer wasn't really what we wanted to hear. For example, we found that my friend's server has a gig nic in it, but it's plugged into a 100mb port, and there is no option for him to be moved to a gig switch. He has a site that streams video content, so this was a concern for us at the time. He probably gets better support because he pays for a dedicated server. Shared/cut rate hosting is going to have crap support in most cases, so I don't think it's something unique to godaddy. With that said, there are lots of better hosting companies in my opinion. We have a huge thread on the subject, and I would be remiss if I didn't mention that the company that hosts phpfreaks.com main business is hosting. See thread Maq posted. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/237003-current-dissatisfied-godaddy-customer-help-me-please/#findComment-1218233 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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