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"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 ?

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