the files of questionable ownership - are they, perhaps, all the .**** files? those are just system files that have to sit there in the home directories if i extend them to do anything else (like putting in a web folder or something). as far as i can see on my own computer, no one has actually put anything in the inbox yet, and the outbox is just a mirror of what was up right before my ftp went down. the '.' is actually a marker to say the file is hidden, but it seems a lot of ftp clients don't really care about that. these system files are all, however, set with permissions such that only i can read or edit them (at least as far as i know and have tested).
by the way: the dns kicked in, and you can now go to
ftp://www.thewired.info instead of having to remember the ip. i also moved my web content to
http://www.thewired.info, but haven't checked everything yet for permissions and so forth, and haven't added the updated guidelines page.
now i've got to go update all my video links on this site to point to the amv page on the new server.
once again - free hosting anyone? i can offer private ftp access to your files, with individually assigned passwords, and plenty of disk space (especially for primarily text-based sites), assigning your accounts to
http://www.thewired.info/~username/. i'm not yet set up for any server-side scripting or the like, but that sort of functionality isn't available through most other hosts, either. if you're interested, send me an e-mail.
oh, and jasper - i like your new site layout, clean and to-the-point. you definately have an eye for stylish simplicity.