Re: roboposts

From: "Enno Rehling" <enno@eressea-pbem.de>

Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 15:29:51 +0000

"Greg Lindahl" <lindahl@pbm.com> wrote in message
news:93n1j6$uf7$1@feed.textport.net...
> "Enno Rehling" <enno@eressea-pbem.de> writes:
>
> > BTW: since you're scripting this somehow, why not add code similar to
that
> > of freshmeat - check whether the URLs are still valid every day, and if
> > after a week (or month, whatever works better) you haven't been able to
> > reach a link, send mail to the host asking them to update their entry.
>
> I used to have that code, but it never helped much.

What do you mean by "it never helped"? There are only a handful of possible
results to come from such a mail:

a) it bounces. try again every day for 7 days. if it won't reach, delete
entry.
b) it reaches target, but no reply within n days. delete entry
c) it reaches target, new info gets sent to you. good.

"delete it" can be replaced by "remove url and/or contact info, and replace
by a request like "if anybody knows the new url for this, let me know" - a
player of that game might stumble across it and help you.

All that requires the ability to store some state with each entry, but i
assume you have that already?

Enno.

References

Re: roboposts
"Enno Rehling" <enno@eressea-pbem.de>
Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:31:24 +0000
Re: roboposts
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:41:58 +0000

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Re: roboposts
"Enno Rehling" <enno@eressea-pbem.de>
Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:31:24 +0000
Re: roboposts
lindahl@pbm.com (Greg Lindahl)
Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:41:58 +0000