Welcome to Silvertree Communications! We believe that people have the right to
quality, free hosting (MUD/Web) and services. Silvertree is ran completely out of pocket by Scott Schappell. I do not charge for people to have a shell account here, though donations are always welcome through paypal to archon@silvertree.org.
Services I provide
Service Status
- Python Support
- irssi
- znc
- Perl CGI Support
- PHP Support
- MySQL Database Support
- POP3/POP3-SSL access to your e-mail account
- IMAP4/IMAP-SSL access to your e-mail account
- Access to your e-mail from anywhere using a browser
- If required, virtual hosting of your domain.
- Secondary DNS for your domain
- Primary DNS for your domain
Tiers of Service
New accounts may be issued on a case by case basis. Please e-mail the administrator with a detailed explanation of what you require.
Please view our privacy and terms of use policy.
- Mail Only
- 1024 MB of disk space
- Access to mail via POP3/IMAP (SSL only)
- Web mail access
- No shell access
- Basic Shell
- Includes Services in "Mail Only"
- Shell access via SSH
- Personal webspace (www.silvertree.org/~user)
- Can compile own programs
- Background processes allowed with approval
- 4 GiB of disk space
- IRC bots allowed
- Hosting Account
- Includes Services in Basic Shell
- Additional quota if requested (no charge, subject to change)
- Virtual domain hosting (www.yourdomain.com, user@yourdomain.com)
- Name Services
- Secondary NS (5 domains free)
- Provide IP address of primary nameserver
- Provide name of domain(s)
- Primary DNS
- Provide information needed for the zone file
- One time set up fee of 50 USD per domain (no monthly)
- Configure domain with registrar to use ns1.silvertree.org as primary nameserver.
- MUSH Server
- As the Hosting account but with permission to run a single MUSH server and related processes.
- User bears the responsbility for maintaining the MUSH (compiling, configuring, backup of the database, etc).
- Server admins prefer to have a wizard account in order to shut down your game if necessary for system shutdowns/restarts (depends on MUSH version). If no wizard account is provided, Silvertree bears no responsibility for data loss or corruption in the event of a system shutdown, planned or unplanned.
Data Backups
Data is backed up twice daily via rsync to a local backup volume and daily to a RAID 5 NAS device. Home directories are backed up every 60 minutes via rsync to a local backup volume.
Terms
Under no circumstances will any user at any level service host or make available copyrighted material or use Silvertree's services to transmit copyrighted material unless said account holder holds the copyright or has legal permission to make the material available to the public. If copyrighted materials are found in a user's publically accessible areas (i.e. public_html), the account will be deleted. Individuals who host copyright materials and can provide documentation and confirmation of their permission will not have their accounts deleted.Silvertree will comply fully with any request from any copyright holder or their duly appointed representatives.
See the complete policy
Accessing Services
- SMTP - We do not allow direct SMTP connections to the SMTP server. However, approved shell account users can set up a SSH tunnel.To be approved, users must have been using the system for 30 days with no incidents.
Mail only users can send mail through the Squirrelmail interface.
- Webmail - https://www.silvertree.org/squirrelmail/
- Shell - Telnet access is not allowed. You must use SSH. Silvertree is an official PuTTY mirror so you can download a great free SSH client from our mirror site
- HTTP - FrontPage extensions are not currently supported on our Apache server, thus all publishing must be done via FTP, SFTP or SCP.
- MUSH Server - Administration and configuration is done via the shell.
Requesting an Account
New accounts may be issued on a case by case basis. Please e-mail the administrator with a detailed explanation of what you require.
You can buy Silvertree merchandise at our online store
We Hate Spam!
If you have received something you suspect is spam from a silvertree user, please forward it to abuse@silvertree.org including full SMTP headers.
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