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Re: URL Check utility (one of these would be very useful)

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From: Phred
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:32
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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.

Cheers, Phred.

-- 
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From: ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com (Phred)
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Subject: Re: URL Check utility (one of these would be very useful)
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 14:32:49 GMT
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