Open Source and Freeware Tools

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ PuTTY Telnet Client . Because I will need this, managing either a VPS or Dedicated server with Root access.

http://uptime.openacs.org/ Free uptime site monitor. An uptime monitoring system, provided as a service to the entire Internet by OpenACS.

http://www.kxs.net/support/htaccess_pw.html  htaccess password encrypter: generate your encrypted htaccess password.

http://dnsreport.com  DNS lookup tool, for verifying your addressing. I use this all the time.

Email Administration Tools
http://www.abuse.net/relay.html Test mail servers for open relay risk.

http://old.openspf.org/ SPF: Sender Policy Framework: SPF fights return-path address forgery and makes it easier to identify spoofs. This site contains a wizard for creating SPF records for your domain.

http://www.planetlogic.net/email_setup.html Email Setup instructions

Free Web Hosting
http://www.profusehost.net/index.html Free Web Hosting, Free Domain Hosting. Even more happily, Profuse Host offer full support for a host of features such as php, jsp, ruby-on-rails, mysql as well as hosting tools like mail, webmail, domain parking, ftp manager, file manager, password protect feature for directories, mysql database, postgresql database, redirects, web/ftp stats, cron jobs, index manager, ip deny manager, and site builder. Whew! Where I would land if I wasn't doing paid hosting.