> Hey! watch out! You get everybody pinging the site every
> few minutes, you'll swamp the server, or cost SCCA more money for
> a higher level of service.
>
> I post a note to ba-autox immediately after the results are up. If you
just
> monitor the ba-autox list you'll know just about as fast.
>
> They don't change over time, you know (or not too much, anyway).
>
> This time there is a delay because our Pat is under the weather.
> Keep yer shirt on!
>
> Jerry
>
> Jerry Mouton mailto:jerry@moutons.org Laissez les bons temps
> rouler!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carl Merritt <cmerritt@ati.com>
> To: <ba-autox@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 5:09 PM
> Subject: Web Results Notification
>
>
> > So after getting tired of hitting the reload on my web browser pointing
to
> > round3.html over, and over, and over, and over, and over again.....I
> > pestered a Perl-guru co-worker of mine about building a notification
> script.
> > We plan to have it check the web server every few minutes for the new
> > results, and when it finds the results email a list server a message
with
> > appropriate subject line (I'll probably set up listbot email list or
> > something).
> >
> > Then, I subscribe to the list server email list with the text pager
access
> > address for my cell phone.
> >
> > Cute eh?
> >
> > We hope to have time to finish up the script tomorrow, and I'll post
email
> > list sub info when it's ready for anybody else who would like to know
the
> > minute the results (I know, often initially in a incomplete form, but
> > anyway...) are posted.
> >
> > -Carl
> >
>
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