John Summerfield wrote: > > On 2 Aug 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have a dialup connexion. My computer goes online at 23:00 daily > whether I'm present or nt. At that time, I exchange mail & news, run > any pending ftp requests etc. > > frob? can we keep it in English?
'Frob' is Hackish. In this context, it means 'fiddle with.' The script accesses and updates the database in real time. > Whatever it means, such reports would be improved on any emailed > reports containing whatever the author thinks relevant: judging from > usenet postings, the quality varies greatly, many useless. We don't get many emailed reports - and most of those we do are requested to 'please enter a PR so we can track this.' > If the report's generated on the offending system, you can pick up > alsort of useful information and present it in a standard > easily-parsed form. > > Presumably, whatever frobbing is, it can be done my the mail script > that receives it. > > And if the server's down, well, it just waits in the mail queue as > necessary. The biggest problem with this approach is the development time required. Most of the Apache developers don't have a lot of time available for their Apache work, so what there is goes to the actual code rather than the support infrastructure. However, as I said, I see some definite merit in at least investigating these areas for improvement -- so all is not lost. #ken P-)} Ken Coar <http://Web.Golux.Com/coar/> Apache Group member <http://www.apache.org/> "Apache Server for Dummies" <http://Web.Golux.Com/coar/ASFD/>
