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In article <buhk72$hfdk6$1@ID-69072.news.uni-berlin.de>, 
"Rod Speed" <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>"Phred" <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:bugpp0$gipo0$1@ID-151056.news.uni-berlin.de...
>> In article <100aci86uqrdg80@corp.supernews.com>,
>> John Corliss <jcorliss@secrewspam.to#> wrote:
>> >Joseph wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi if anyone needs a url checking free utility, try mine it is very small
>> >> you can get it at http://www.masswire.com/urlcheck.zip
>> >
>> >Joseph, before downloading and installing a program, it's always nice
>> >to read about it first. You might want to set up a website about it
>> >and also submit it to some good freeware sites like WebAttack (now
>> >called Snapfiles), Nonags, Freeware Home, Freeware World, etc.
>>
>> I've been "holding" this note of yours, John, in the expectation that
>> there would be a followup from someone with more info.  But looks like
>> no luck. :-(
>>
>> I would really like an "URL check utility" that would automatically
>> scan though my "Favo[u]rites" and test them to see if they still work;
>> but I'm a bit too paranoid to try one just because some bloke I don't
>> know a thing about says "use this"!
>>
>> I suppose someone has to do it first, but I'll leave that testing to
>> those who have machines dedicated to such risky behaviour.
>>
>> The main features of a useful URL checker would be:
>>
>> 1. Test all links in the Favorites/Bookmarks collection automatically.
>>
>> 2. List all that are "broken" (perhaps with some diagnosis?) with
>> options to delete them as a group or separately.
>>
>> 3. List all duplicate links (i.e. where the actual URL is referred to
>> under different names and/or is stored in different folders) with a
>> convenient set of options to tidy things up.
>
>What are you going to do about sites that are down temporarily ?

Yeah, that's a potential problem -- one reason I queried whether it 
would be possible to include some sort of "diagnostic report" in the 
output.  Though I guess there's no way to distinguish "down" from 
"gone".

On the other hand, there may be scope for "broken" links to be tested 
further back in the levels, and a report could include that sort of 
info (e.g. www.aaa.com/crap/spreads/around may be broken, but the link 
up to www.aaa.com/crap may still be active, and that may be useful to 
know).

>Guess it could just run auto over a few weeks etc.

Yep, I guess that's one approach.  Alternatively, you could just 
isolate the "broken" links (rather than deleting them immediately) and 
test them again later when convenient.


Cheers, Phred.

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