<quote>if you run this from a cron job, how would people know if there was a problem?</quote>

I do run from a cron job. The results don't always mean there is a problem. Much of our DNS problems have been fixed since I rewrote all the db files. These days if the script goes off, it usually indicates that marketing is sending their newsletters again.

Still I like to know what is going on.

Neil Watson
watson-wilson.ca