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All I want for Christmas is... DEALS! - [2024 Christmas Megathread]

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  • plumbergplumberg Veteran, Megathread Squad

    @ehab said:
    @plumberg thanks for asking buddy.
    i was helping my wife cleaning all evening and now i am so tired... just take small snack and sleep.

    whats new and interesting?

    Nice.
    Helping missus means she happy, meaning you happy at the end. Keep up the good work!

    Had been trying to add some hype for this themread and then had to step out for dinner with missus... so yeah.

    Oh and yes, freezing the ass in -13c...

  • WE-LOVE-FAT32
    WE-LOVE-ALBAHOST
    WE-LOVE-BEANMAN109

  • @plumberg said:

    @ehab said:
    @plumberg thanks for asking buddy.
    i was helping my wife cleaning all evening and now i am so tired... just take small snack and sleep.

    whats new and interesting?

    Nice.
    Helping missus means she happy, meaning you happy at the end. Keep up the good work!

    Had been trying to add some hype for this themread and then had to step out for dinner with missus... so yeah.

    Oh and yes, freezing the ass in -13c...

    Happy wife, happy life!

  • plumbergplumberg Veteran, Megathread Squad

    WE-LOVE-FAT32

    WE-LOVE-ALBAHOST

    WE-LOVE-BEANMAN109

    WE-LOVE-SARAGOLDFARB

    WE-LOVE-EMGH

    WE-LOVE-EHAB

  • WE-LOVE-FAT32
    WE-LOVE-ALBAHOST
    WE-LOVE-BEANMAN109
    WE-LOVE-SARAGOLDFARB
    WE-LOVE-EMGH
    WE-LOVE-EHAB

  • plumbergplumberg Veteran, Megathread Squad

    WE-LOVE-HOSTEROID

    WE-LOVE-EMGH

    WE-LOVE-SARAGOLDFARB

  • @user123 said:

    @komdsfojn said:

    @user123 said:

    @mbjones said:

    @komdsfojn said:

    @raza19 said:

    @marspatrol said:

    @raza19 said:
    I think I might be transferring my mxroute plan after having switched to namecrane.

    what did you like with namecrane over mxroute?

    The experience is far more refined! Compared to @NameCrane's interface mxroute seems like a hobby project, no offense to jar. Built in mail transfer, calendar, meetings and to top it all off with file storage! It's a no brainer, the only option I guess that warrants use of mxroute now is if I guess it was maybe 5-10 times cheaper than namecrane.

    MXRoute does offer unlimited domains in all the plans. And as of now, NameCrane has said that it rates its own deliverability as like 92 out of hundred and MXRoute's as 99 out of 100. MXRoute has been doing email for a lot more time.

    Yeah it's hard to go wrong with the rock-solid stability of mxroute. The focus on the actual service makes it work so smoothly (I don't necessarily need the extras). I was with a different provider prior to picking up the mxroute BF deal. The prior provider was new to imap email and because of that a bit unstable. I had a tinge of jealousy seeing the namecrane offer but quickly got over it not wanting to go with another new-to-email provider. I'm sure the Namecrane offer will work out great for folks but I'm thankful for what mxroute offers.

    For visibility, I'll paste here what I posted in @jar's MXroute thread about 10 minutes ago:

    Jokes aside, I've been using MXroute for my primary for just under a decade now. I did a double take when I checked my notes because time sure flew by!

    In reflecting on my experience and trying to present as complete a perspective as I can, I have no concerns or complaints because @jar has been nothing less than solid provider. I greatly appreciate not having to worry about the reliability of my email provider, and he has also been very kind and considerate, even helping me out in a stressful situation when he had absolutely no obligation to do so.

    My interactions with @jar have made it clear that he is exactly the kind of person/business owner I want to support, do business with, and succeed. There are a lot of a55h0les out there running businesses; I'm happy to confirm that @jar isn't one of them.

    Since I work in a non-tech-based industry and have been screwed over by a variety of service providers and businesses more times than I care to count, I'm hesitant with recommending any business. Having said that, I've been recommending MXroute to people IRL and online for many years because of my complete confidence in his integrity and how he routes his ship (pun fully intended).

    How do you setup email on other people's computers/phones? Webmail? Outlook? Mobile apps?

    Professionally, my role is unrelated to tech support, so that's not something I do at work. But, I have set it up on my own phones and devices. I mainly use FairEmail for mail on mobile and Thunderbird for mail on desktop. The latter is more because of inertia on my part, not because I think it's a great client.

    I haven't found it any more difficult to set up an MXroute email account than when I help family members and friends set up their GMail accounts on their devices. It's the same as setting up any other email account. It might even be easier than Google accounts depending on the mail client because not all of them support the OAUTH I think they now require. Once you sign up and get your MXroute mailserver settings, then create your email accounts, what more do you expect to need?

    Gmail, iCloud, etc should still be easier as most clients allow to just choose that and then enter username and password, while MXRoute/NameCrane will require entering server details too. iCloud is probably the cheapest from the big companies, as you get 50GB custom domain email at $1 per month, but I'd prefer MXRoute/NameCrane over the big companies so as long as the email deliverability is still great.

  • @zGato said:
    Oh and I almost forget about @Hosteroid

    Since they've been generous to everyone here, with his insane 25 free VPSs, I'll also add 1 from my own pocket.

    Free 1 year VPS giveaway of the following:

    (In any of their locations that they offer these specials. If it's OOS, I'll convince him to give me 1 xD)

    All you need to do is thank this post and comment any of these: #WE-LOVE-HOSTEROID, #WE-LOVE-EMGH, #WE-LOVE-SARAGOLDFARB (or all 3! only one entry per user!)

    Your account must be in a good standing, and have participated in this thread before this comment.
    Winners will be announced on the 25th.

    WE-LOVE-HOSTEROID

    WE-LOVE-EMGH

    WE-LOVE-SARAGOLDFARB

  • MERRYCHRISTMAS-FAT32

  • WE-LOVE-FAT32
    WE-LOVE-ALBAHOST
    WE-LOVE-BEANMAN109
    WE-LOVE-SARAGOLDFARB
    WE-LOVE-EMGH
    WE-LOVE-EHAB

  • MERRYCHRISTMAS-FAT32

  • LOVE-FAT32,

    WE-LOVE-ALBAHOST,

    WE-LOVE-BEANMAN109

  • jarjar Patron Provider, Top Host, Veteran

    @komdsfojn said:

    @user123 said:

    @komdsfojn said:

    @user123 said:

    @mbjones said:

    @komdsfojn said:

    @raza19 said:

    @marspatrol said:

    @raza19 said:
    I think I might be transferring my mxroute plan after having switched to namecrane.

    what did you like with namecrane over mxroute?

    The experience is far more refined! Compared to @NameCrane's interface mxroute seems like a hobby project, no offense to jar. Built in mail transfer, calendar, meetings and to top it all off with file storage! It's a no brainer, the only option I guess that warrants use of mxroute now is if I guess it was maybe 5-10 times cheaper than namecrane.

    MXRoute does offer unlimited domains in all the plans. And as of now, NameCrane has said that it rates its own deliverability as like 92 out of hundred and MXRoute's as 99 out of 100. MXRoute has been doing email for a lot more time.

    Yeah it's hard to go wrong with the rock-solid stability of mxroute. The focus on the actual service makes it work so smoothly (I don't necessarily need the extras). I was with a different provider prior to picking up the mxroute BF deal. The prior provider was new to imap email and because of that a bit unstable. I had a tinge of jealousy seeing the namecrane offer but quickly got over it not wanting to go with another new-to-email provider. I'm sure the Namecrane offer will work out great for folks but I'm thankful for what mxroute offers.

    For visibility, I'll paste here what I posted in @jar's MXroute thread about 10 minutes ago:

    Jokes aside, I've been using MXroute for my primary for just under a decade now. I did a double take when I checked my notes because time sure flew by!

    In reflecting on my experience and trying to present as complete a perspective as I can, I have no concerns or complaints because @jar has been nothing less than solid provider. I greatly appreciate not having to worry about the reliability of my email provider, and he has also been very kind and considerate, even helping me out in a stressful situation when he had absolutely no obligation to do so.

    My interactions with @jar have made it clear that he is exactly the kind of person/business owner I want to support, do business with, and succeed. There are a lot of a55h0les out there running businesses; I'm happy to confirm that @jar isn't one of them.

    Since I work in a non-tech-based industry and have been screwed over by a variety of service providers and businesses more times than I care to count, I'm hesitant with recommending any business. Having said that, I've been recommending MXroute to people IRL and online for many years because of my complete confidence in his integrity and how he routes his ship (pun fully intended).

    How do you setup email on other people's computers/phones? Webmail? Outlook? Mobile apps?

    Professionally, my role is unrelated to tech support, so that's not something I do at work. But, I have set it up on my own phones and devices. I mainly use FairEmail for mail on mobile and Thunderbird for mail on desktop. The latter is more because of inertia on my part, not because I think it's a great client.

    I haven't found it any more difficult to set up an MXroute email account than when I help family members and friends set up their GMail accounts on their devices. It's the same as setting up any other email account. It might even be easier than Google accounts depending on the mail client because not all of them support the OAUTH I think they now require. Once you sign up and get your MXroute mailserver settings, then create your email accounts, what more do you expect to need?

    Gmail, iCloud, etc should still be easier as most clients allow to just choose that and then enter username and password, while MXRoute/NameCrane will require entering server details too. iCloud is probably the cheapest from the big companies, as you get 50GB custom domain email at $1 per month, but I'd prefer MXRoute/NameCrane over the big companies so as long as the email deliverability is still great.

    I can’t promise flashy, but outbound delivery is a problem we’ve solved and that really was the goal. We never meant to be for people using Google Workspace, the intended audience was fellow Linux admins. Recognizing that our customer base has shifted is important, but shifting the product to the more flashy things they want while sustaining the pricing strategy and business plan is complicated. So UX isn’t pretty, but that and inbound filtering are the focuses of 2025.

    We’ve got a great team with @alento and @Opie, we’re definitely not just a hobby but we’re also taking unique approaches to solving everything users want, so they’re not fast.

  • plumbergplumberg Veteran, Megathread Squad

    MERRYCHRISTMAS-FAT32

  • @zGato said:
    Oh and I almost forget about @Hosteroid

    Since they've been generous to everyone here, with his insane 25 free VPSs, I'll also add 1 from my own pocket.

    Free 1 year VPS giveaway of the following:

    (In any of their locations that they offer these specials. If it's OOS, I'll convince him to give me 1 xD)

    All you need to do is thank this post and comment any of these: #WE-LOVE-HOSTEROID, #WE-LOVE-EMGH, #WE-LOVE-SARAGOLDFARB (or all 3! only one entry per user!)

    Your account must be in a good standing, and have participated in this thread before this comment.
    Winners will be announced on the 25th.

    WE-LOVE-HOSTEROID

    WE-LOVE-EMGH

    WE-LOVE-SARAGOLDFARB

  • @FAT32 said:

    @Astro said: beanman109 emgh help me get my xmas tag. I need your support, comrades.

    Sorry to mention the truth but you need more than just spamming tag and asking for your own deals only... my impression of your contribution in megathread is mostly either one of:

    • "I want this"
    • "Give me <insert something> or else"
    • "Can you give me a special one for this thread?"
    • "I give up"

    Damn. I was way more involved than that but if that's the impression then I guess it's not meant to be.

    Seems like I didnt even make the cut for megathread squad. Ouch

  • plumbergplumberg Veteran, Megathread Squad

    @Wolf said:

    @plumberg said:
    What did I miss?

    What did I miss?

    Out for a couple hours and there are 400+ comments?

    Nothing... lol

    Bwhahahahhahahha

    That's sad and good

  • Merry Christmas-Fat32

  • plumbergplumberg Veteran, Megathread Squad

    @admax said:

    MERRYCHRISTMAS-FAT32

    Congratulations on entering the squad 👏

  • FAT32FAT32 Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire
    edited December 2024

    @Astro said:
    Damn. I was way more involved than that but if that's the impression then I guess it's not meant to be.

    Seems like I didnt even make the cut for megathread squad. Ouch

    If it is meant to happen it will happen, so we were looking at Top 8 contributors from here: https://blackfriday.lukastautz.de/2024.html (hence the tags given to the few members here)

    You are at number 29... that seems a bit far even if we pick Top 20 no? Same for the current Christmas thread either https://blackfriday.lukastautz.de/, which you are currently at number 23.

  • @beanman109 said:

    @host_c Christmas VPS Giveaway #1


    Next up on the Christmas giveaways is a free Host-C VPS with 2 Cores, 4GB RAM, 80 GB NVME Storage oh and it's free for the first 3 years. YES FREE FOR THREE YEARS (with an option to renew after 3 years)


    To enter just thank this comment and reply with your own way of saying THANKYOU HOST-C (can be anything like simply typing THANKYOU HOST-C or you could pick an image, a gif, whatever you want)


    Keeping the same entry number rules from the previous giveaways, users will gain multiple entries (up to a max of 3) in the giveaway based on the age of your LET account and post/comment history. (DO NOT COMMENT MULTILPLE TIMES TO ENTER - THIS WILL NOT CHANGE YOUR ENTRIES)

    1 entry for LET members with an account age of more than 1 month
    2 entries for LET members with an account age of more than 1 year + 50 posts/comments
    3 entries for LET members with an account age of more than 3 years + 100 posts/comments

    I will draw the winner using random.org in aprox 12 hours from now (3:00AM EST) winner will be announced in this thread and I will also comment 10 minutes prior to closing the giveaway.


    I'd also like to give my own absolutely huge thankyou to @host_c for providing this and two other free VPS to give away to the LET community over this Christmas season, Merry Christmas Host-C to you and yours! 🎅 ❤️

    Full VPS Spec for those curious:

    2 vCPU Xeon CPU V4
    4 GB DDR4 RAM
    80 GB NVME Storage
    1 Dedicated IPV4 IP
    1 Dedicated /64 IPV6
    Port Speed 1 GBPS
    2TB Internet Traffic, 50 MBPS after depletion

    THANKYOU HOST-C

  • @FAT32 said:

    @Astro said:
    Damn. I was way more involved than that but if that's the impression then I guess it's not meant to be.

    Seems like I didnt even make the cut for megathread squad. Ouch

    If it is meant to happen it will happen, so we were looking at Top 8 contributors from here: https://blackfriday.lukastautz.de/2024.html

    You are at number 29... that seems a bit far even if we pick Top 20 no? Same for the current Christmas thread either https://blackfriday.lukastautz.de/, which you are currently at number 23.

    It's all good :) if its meant to happen, it'll happen. I won't be asking for one anymore.

    Just pointing out reducing participation to those 4 banine things was rather harsh when pretty much everyone was doing some variations of those exact 4 things.

  • index of all deals and giveaways plox

    Regards

  • @beanman109 said:

    @host_c Christmas VPS Giveaway #1


    Next up on the Christmas giveaways is a free Host-C VPS with 2 Cores, 4GB RAM, 80 GB NVME Storage oh and it's free for the first 3 years. YES FREE FOR THREE YEARS (with an option to renew after 3 years)


    To enter just thank this comment and reply with your own way of saying THANKYOU HOST-C (can be anything like simply typing THANKYOU HOST-C or you could pick an image, a gif, whatever you want)


    Keeping the same entry number rules from the previous giveaways, users will gain multiple entries (up to a max of 3) in the giveaway based on the age of your LET account and post/comment history. (DO NOT COMMENT MULTILPLE TIMES TO ENTER - THIS WILL NOT CHANGE YOUR ENTRIES)

    1 entry for LET members with an account age of more than 1 month
    2 entries for LET members with an account age of more than 1 year + 50 posts/comments
    3 entries for LET members with an account age of more than 3 years + 100 posts/comments

    I will draw the winner using random.org in aprox 12 hours from now (3:00AM EST) winner will be announced in this thread and I will also comment 10 minutes prior to closing the giveaway.


    I'd also like to give my own absolutely huge thankyou to @host_c for providing this and two other free VPS to give away to the LET community over this Christmas season, Merry Christmas Host-C to you and yours! 🎅 ❤️

    Full VPS Spec for those curious:

    2 vCPU Xeon CPU V4
    4 GB DDR4 RAM
    80 GB NVME Storage
    1 Dedicated IPV4 IP
    1 Dedicated /64 IPV6
    Port Speed 1 GBPS
    2TB Internet Traffic, 50 MBPS after depletion

    THANKYOU HOST-C

  • THANKYOU HOST-C

  • FAT32FAT32 Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire
    edited December 2024

    @Astro said: Just pointing out reducing participation to those 4 banine things was rather harsh when pretty much everyone was doing some variations of those exact 4 things.

    Yes I agree on that but without asking for the tag part, which also happened a bit dramatically in BF thread which leave a strong impression to me

  • cybertechcybertech Member
    edited December 2024

    I WANT A MOARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR TAG

    GIVE IT TO ME NOW

  • THANKYOU HOST-C

  • NeoonNeoon Community Contributor, Veteran

    @plumberg said:

    WE-LOVE-FAT32

    WE-LOVE-ALBAHOST

    WE-LOVE-BEANMAN109

    WE-LOVE-SARAGOLDFARB

    WE-LOVE-EMGH

    WE-LOVE-EHAB

    WE-LOVE-EVERYONE

    Does that count too?

    Reguards

  • plumbergplumberg Veteran, Megathread Squad

    @Neoon said:

    @plumberg said:

    WE-LOVE-FAT32

    WE-LOVE-ALBAHOST

    WE-LOVE-BEANMAN109

    WE-LOVE-SARAGOLDFARB

    WE-LOVE-EMGH

    WE-LOVE-EHAB

    WE-LOVE-EVERYONE

    Does that count too?

    Reguards

    Absolutely 💯
    I tried to lost all members but couldn't get there.

    Next time I am stealing this.

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