Re: Shell providers?

On 3/8/24 12:36 AM, vallor wrote:

So we have a shell server for our customers.  There aren't
that many folks using it anymore.
 The shell servers we've had at sonic.com have always been
near and dear to my heart.  I built them, and they were
labors of love.  But it's time to turn the service down.
 We like to give customers a soft landing when turning
down services.  I'm wondering if anyone has suggestions
for good shell providers, places like Panix.  I'm a panix
user myself, and that seems like a good example of suggestions
I'm hoping for.
 When discussing this with a colleague, he suggested that
users could just get a vps from AWS.  That's a bit too
"bare-bones" for the users I'm thinking of.  Some of
them might be able to transition to being a system
administrator, but a lot just want to run tin, pine,
mutt, irssi, tf, and so forth.
 Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
 

The biggest is sdf.org and possibly the most user-friendly.  It does have a tiered membership structure and one generally will need to pay a one-time $5 validation for a decent shell.
The various tilde servers are also good but I think email via a local SMTP might not be an option.  Take a look at tilde.club for example.