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   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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