Good ${greeting_time}, Karel!

02 Feb 2020 17:30:56, you wrote to All:

 KK> For a while I am trying to find the perfect (= cheapest) way to host
 KK> fidonet (not cosidering BBS, just mailer, tosser, editor and maybe
 KK> fileecho gadget).
 KK> OK, Linux then - and hosted (VPS).

Or VDS.

 KK> (can read Echo via putty, mainly via ConnectBot)

A pale shadow of a full-flavoured xterm-compatible terminal running SSH...

 KK> Ended with Golded, Crashmail, Binkd (and Htick).

Drop out crashmail, use HPT instead.

 KK> VPS: very depens if online presence is needed or - just time to time
 KK> run VPS and process messages. To me offline is enough (thank to my
 KK> uplink).

Once you have a VPS or VDS running, it may serve even as a network host.

 KK> Offline: I found KVM hosted VPS

KVM-based virtual machines are VDSes.

 KK> for 0.50 EUR/month.

Good price. Where?

 KK> Currently playing with Microsoft Azure Cloud (looks 0,25EUR/month).

When you see the word "cloud", be careful: those people want to fool you.

 KK> Online: for 1 year there is for free B1S VM (plus free 64GB HDD) -
 KK> also on Microsoft Azure Subscription (= 0 EUR/month for a while)

You pay with your data then.

 KK> Did somebody similar research? (any recommendation?)

Generally, any < 1 EUR/month VM would be more than enough for a Fidonet node
(and, if necessary, some additional functions).


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