What you are about to read is the culmination of information from many different places and resources. I hope you enjoy it. Unlimited webhosting is a service offered by webhosting companies that sets no limits on some features. Unlimited webhosting features include unlimited email addresses, email forwarding, auto-responders, mailing lists or MySQL databases.
Unlimited webhosting often features unlimited email address which refers to the email account where you can send and receive messages. If you are the only one person maintaining the site, then 1 email address could be enough. But if there are two or more, you need separate email account for each person. An email alias will allow you create a number of email addresses for a domain. For instance,
, you@your domain.com, and others. Email aliases are often sent to a specified POP mail account.
Unlimited webhosting has unlimited email forwarding too. Email forwarders allow you to forward emails from one email address to another. Unlimited webhosting could also offer unlimited auto-responders. This is also called autoreplies. Email auto-responders can be very useful. You can create an autoresponder so that when you receive a message in your account you can reply automatically to the sender. Some auto-responders include : out-of-office auto-reply, an auto-reply informing the sender that you received his/her message or a sales quote for a particular product.
Unlimited mailing lists are another feature for unlimited webhosting. Mailing lists serve as an important tool of communication with your visitors. These are often used for distribution of site newsletters or email discussion forums to your visitors. Most providers offer Majordomo as their mailing list program. This program is very hard to learn. You can find other mailing lists from many independent websites that are cheap or free.
Unlimited webhosting services that offer "unlimited bandwidth" are making false claims. You must ask the webhosting service how they define the term "unlimited bandwidth". If they use "unlimited bandwidth" to refer to "unlimited hits" then they do not have the right definition for the term "bandwidth". Hits refer to the actual request for the content from your site. Bandwidth refers to the actual content. You can use as much bandwidth as you need but there is a set amount of bandwidth allotted to your site. And if you need additional bandwidth you have to pay additional also.
Unlimited webhosting service can be confusing to the user. So if your hosting service mentiones the word "unlimited" be sure to let them define it. Read the Terms of Service or Terms of Use so you have a fair idea if the unlimited option the webhosting service is offering is for real. I'm hoping that you found all of this interesting and helpful. The internet is full of helpful tips and tricks and I appreciate you coming and visiting.