Subject: tony: Re: any programmers out there....
Name:
tide Date: 1/5/2001 11:07:19 AM (GMT-7)
IP Address: 194.230.136.251 Message:
Regarding your problem with that messageboard checker...
I'd suggest to write a little proggie, that checks trough the http port ( regarding firewall compatibility) on a server if there are new msgs on the board. the proggie sends the last (highest) msg id it knows and a dedicated scrit on the webserver sends the highest msg id back to the proggie. If the received id is higher than the sent: new messages have been posted. and you can even tell how many ... This solution keeps traffic as low as possible and there's not much computing power needed as well...
I'm gonna try to make such a little thingy, to see, if my idea works...
PHP + CBuilder5
tide
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