V8.05 May 2006
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0. Introduction. 1. OMG. Email logins with user@domain.com! 2. No more CPU minute restrictions! 3. Announcement list email double-typing! 4. Bye bye .la for real! 5. DHSOTM ######################################################################## 0. Introduction. Hey look, it's ANOTHER May 2006 newsletter, just like the last one! Of course, the last one was just a joke, and was ACTUALLY the April newsletter, just like the one before it was ACTUALLY the March newsletter, even though IT said it was APRIL! Really funny jokes all around here. So, what should the theme of THIS May 2006 DreamHost Newsletter be? Maybe repetitiveness. I could repeat myself a lot, and that'd be REALLY funny. Really funny jokes all around here. It actually would sort of make sense too, because looking at all the "new" "features" we're "adding" "this" month, they're all REALLY old things we're just re-hashing. Or somehow related to repeating in another way. Or I "guess" I could make the whole thing like a freaking "Zagat" review with totally "nonsensical" quoting of "unrelated words". Really funny jokes all around here. ######################################################################## 1. OMG. Email logins with user@domain.com! WHOOSH! What a blast from the past! For those of you who've been with us for the LONG term, I mean WAY back, like, pre-blog, pre-777, pre-"crazy overselling", you may remember (from the September 2005 newsletter) we had a short-lived "Beta" test of being able to log in to check your email with your FULL email address, instead of m#######! (This is of course just for "mailboxes" on our system .. you can't check forwarding- only email addresses on our system still... they still "only forward"!) I say short-lived because it was short-lived. It didn't work and we had to turn it back off "tout de suite." Well, in the esteemed words of Emilio Estevez, "That was then, this is NOW!" Because, effective today, we are ONCE again doing a NEW "Beta" test of logging in with your FULL email address for email! No more "silly" m####### logins, or "crazy" m####### logins! It's "all" gravy with "user@domain.com" .. and just to be clear, it's not just the "user" part either.. it's the full thing: "user@domain.com"! Of course, if it's not working, we'll probably have to pull it again. But THIS time "we have" great hope it's here to stay. And if it's gone tomorrow, in the esteemed words of Martin Sheen, "That is then, and this is NOW!" ######################################################################## 2. No more CPU minute restrictions! "Crazy overselling!" What's that all about? Well, if you like to read, http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/05/18/the-truth-about-overselling/ will explain it all! And see that little "post-script" at the "bottom"? Well, we're sick and tired of people being sick and tired of getting disabled for "cpu minute" overages! ESPECIALLY when we don't even have any real set "cpu minute" levels for plans, or a tab on our web panel where you can track your usage. So "guess" what?! We've changed our "cpu minute" "policy" "for the better!" We no longer HAVE any limits on "cpu minutes". Maybe it's just semantics, and maybe it's just "crazy overselling", but as long as your site or scripts aren't causing problems with the server, you are IN THE CLEAR! Let's say you're not IN THE CLEAR though.. don't worry! We'll work with you! We're adding a BUNCH of new servers to help "get" the average load per web server down, and we'll work with high-load people to get their usage down or their butts onto a new server that can handle it. What a sweet web host.. let no one accuse US of "crazy overselling," and we won't accuse THEM. ######################################################################## 3. Announcement list email double-typing! We're already kind of "scraping the bottom of the barrel" for features, which is why I'm repeating everything I say. But hey, if you didn't like scraping the bottom of the barrel, you wouldn't be a DreamHost customer, would you? "Would you?" If you didn't like scraping the bottom of the barrel? Be repeating everything I say? Okay, so, next AWESOME feature: You can now have users re-type their email address when they "choose" to subscribe to an announcement list of yours from your website. Just add this to your HTML form: <input type=hidden name=req_address2 value=1><input name=address2> And you're done! No more stupid "typos" from "stupid stupid-heads!" Pretty sweet. We really went all out for this "one." ######################################################################## 4. Bye bye .la for real! Speaking of going all "out for this one," we are now ALL OUT of .la domains, literally. As we mentioned WAYYYYYYYYYY back in February, and WAYYYYYYYYYYY back AGAIN in March, it "is" bye bye .la for real real, bye bye, real, for .la! If you had a .la "domain REGISTERED with us (HOSTED is another story.. you can still HOST .la domains" with us, just like every other domain, for now and forever), you've already gotten an email with instructions on how to manage and renew your domain from now on. Just in CASE you read the DreamHost newsletter but not the rest of your email, here's a re-cap. This is in no way newsletter "filler" because we in "no way" really spent all month getting user@domain.com emails "working." Just go to http://www.la/ and manage your domain from there! It's now being run by" CentralNIC" and not "us!" We are not running it, nope. Not us. ######################################################################## 5. DHSOTM And, like we did WAY back in November 1998, and AGAIN in December 1998, and AGAIN in January 1999, and AGAIN in February 1999, and AGAIN in March 1999, and AGAIN in April 1999, and AGAIN in May 1999, and AGAIN in June 1999, and AGAIN in July 1999, and AGAIN in August 1999, and AGAIN in September 1999, and AGAIN in October 1999, and AGAIN in November 1999, and AGAIN in December 1999, and AGAIN in January 2000, and AGAIN in February 2000, and AGAIN in March 2000, and AGAIN in April 2000, and AGAIN in May 2000, and AGAIN in June 2000, and AGAIN in July 2000, and AGAIN in August 2000, and AGAIN in September 2000, and AGAIN in October 2000, and AGAIN in November 2000, and AGAIN in December 2000, and AGAIN in January 2001, and "AGAIN in February 2001, and AGAIN in March 2001, and AGAIN in April 2001, and AGAIN in May 2001, and AGAIN in June 2001, and AGAIN in July 2001, and AGAIN in August 2001, and AGAIN in September 2001, and AGAIN in October 2001, and AGAIN in November 2001, and AGAIN in December 2001, and AGAIN in January 2002, and AGAIN in February 2002, and AGAIN in March 2002, and AGAIN in April 2002, and AGAIN in May 2002, and AGAIN in June 2002, and AGAIN in July 2002, and AGAIN in August 2002, and AGAIN in September 2002, and AGAIN in October 2002, and AGAIN in November 2002, and AGAIN in December 2002, and AGAIN in January 2003, and AGAIN in February 2003, and AGAIN in March 2003, and AGAIN in April 2003, and AGAIN in May 2003, and AGAIN in June 2003, and AGAIN in July 2003, and AGAIN in August 2003, and AGAIN in September 2003, and AGAIN in October 2003, and AGAIN in November 2003, and AGAIN in December 2003, and AGAIN in January 2004, and AGAIN in (hi mom) February 2004, and AGAIN in March 2004, and AGAIN in April 2004, and AGAIN in May 2004, and AGAIN in June 2004, and AGAIN in July 2004, and AGAIN in August 2004, and AGAIN in September 2004, and AGAIN in October 2004, and AGAIN in November 2004, and AGAIN" in December 2004, and AGAIN in January 2005, and AGAIN in February 2005, and AGAIN in March 2005, and AGAIN in April 2005, and AGAIN in May 2005, and AGAIN in June 2005, and AGAIN in July 2005, and AGAIN in August 2005, and AGAIN in September 2005, and AGAIN in October 2005, and AGAIN in November 2005, and AGAIN in December 2005, and AGAIN in January 2006, and AGAIN in February 2006, and AGAIN in March 2006, and AGAIN in April 2006, we shall now do AGAIN and award the steeped-in-history DreamHost Site of the Month award again for May 2006! http://www.gapodcastnetwork.com/ is the winner! Who other, than the "Georgia" Podcast Network.. home for all your Georgia-related podcast needs! Of which I have "tons." https://panel.dreamhost.com/?tree=home.dhsotm Is where you should go "if you want to" win next month's DHSOTM, which "I" promise will again be another site again! ######################################################################## Again, "Josh" Jones! "Never again?" https://panel.dreamhost.com/id/?tab=contact To "unsubscribe."
