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Date:      Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:23:14 -0500 (EST)
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
Cc:        "Harry M. Leitzell" <Harry_M_Leitzell@cmu.edu>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Curious about 'hoststat'
Message-ID:  <199903301523.KAA17222@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <19990330012422.Z17547@futuresouth.com>
References:  <Pine.SOL.3.96L.990330015216.2230A-100000@unix8.andrew.cmu.edu> <19990330012422.Z17547@futuresouth.com>

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<<On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 01:24:22 -0600, "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> said:

> 1) From strings-ing it, it looks like part of sendmail

As others have pointed out, it is a hard link to sendmail.  It doesn't
do anything unless you are using the `persistent host status' feature,
in which case it tells you what the status is/was:

 -------------- Hostname --------------- How long ago ---------Results---------
 uu2.pn.com                                3+13:58:30 250 TAA26192 Message acce
 smtp1.pn.com                            296+10:13:00 250 BAA11595 Message acce
 world.std.com                             3+19:47:51 Deferred: Operation timed
 world-f.std.com                             01:21:42 250 Ok
 pimaia3w.prodigy.com                    405+21:25:26 Deferred: Connection refu
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-GAWollman

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