-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Saturday, February 24, 2001 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] DIAL-IN
>Mark,
>
>Thanks for the neat script idea. I'd been thinking about how to check the
>link before fetching and sending mail and had forgotten that ping returns
>a success status.
>
>This also works with name addresses like 'mysite.com' instead of the
>numeric ip address, if you have the entry in your hosts list or you can
>reach a DNS server. But hangs on the DNS lookup otherwise.
>
Actually there are several uses for that. I use that to check for down
links every 5 minutes so that I can get a log of when the link has been
down. This way, I can get rebates from the telco or the isp.
But doesn't the DNS lookup timeout anyway?
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