At 9:55 AM +0100 2/8/02, Christian F Buser wrote: >At 19:34 08.02.2002 +1100, you wrote: > >>That is, would the http check give me any better monitoring of whether >>SIMS is functioning as a mail server than just the ICMP ping? > >What is "ICMP ping"? Is it a normal "ping 111.111.111.111" or >something I did not yet hear about?
ICMP ping is the official name. Most people just say ping. The response for this is generated fairly deeply within the IP stack, so it is possible that this will work even if the cooperative multitasking at the application level has hung up. >If it is just a standard "ping", then it only tells that the machnie >is up, but not whether SIMS is running. The http request to the port >you've assigned to SIMS (standard "out of the box" is 8010, not 80, >but you can configure it easily using Communigator or the web >interface (? changing it using the web interface would probably cut >the contact immediately on the present port and you'd have to >re-connect on the new port, I suppose). Checking the HTTP interface on SIMS will tell you that the application level is still responding. Probably a better check on SIMS/MacOS than a ICMP ping. -- ############################################################# This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Send administrative queries to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
