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On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Bill Fumerola wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Jason J. Horton wrote:
> 
> > Sometimes ya need ping, or lynx or bing or a test mail account.
> 
> Lynx is _really_ not a diagnostic tool. telnet or socket is(if you're
> trying to check if a web server is running).

In which case all you need for  testing is access to the odd socks
service, not full shell accounts.

Whatever.  Check out www.nyx.net for a free shell account.

Andrew


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