Getting a web page from filePro

[Bill Vermillion]

On Sun, Jan 30 00:48 , while denying his reply is spam, GCC Consulting 
prattled on endlessly saying: 

>  

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com 
> > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf 
> > Of Walter Vaughan

> > 
> > GCC Consulting wrote:

> > > Platform: native 5.0.xx
> > <snip windows method for getting tracking number>

> > You get paid per line?

> > ::'tn is tracking number:
> > ::system "/usr/local/bin/lynx
> > http://153.2.224.55/tracking/tracking.cgi?tracknum="{tn{"":

> In addition to Fairlight's comments, your solution will not
> allow for multiple queries. If I add in the commented line, I
> could allow for 4 more inquires to be gotten in 1 pass.

> Your solution also assumes that this site will never be moved
> from this ip address. I would rather have a DNS server resolve
> the actual ip address just in case UPS moves this site.

The chances of them moving this site are more remote than the very
real possibility of UPS using round-robin DNS to lighten/spread
the load among many machines.  Once site that I access several
times per day will typically rotate among six different IP
addresses.

This is quite common for large companies with a large number 
of daily accesses.

Bill
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