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From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net>
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Subject: tester ditty (fwd)
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Im trying to set up a system of checks that will beep me of something isnt
working - I use ping to see if machines are up or not, but could use
something that will check that a port is being answered - for instance,
something that would connect to a mail or web port and return an
errorlevel if nothing is answering that port - does anyone know of
anything like that available anywhere?