AreYouThere?

Readme.txt for AreYouThere? Version 1.2.3

AreYouThere? is a site monitoring program that can be 
used for a number of purposes. In addition to notifying 
you when a site becomes available or unavailable, it can 
also notify you of when any email messages become available. 
It is useful for helping ensure your site is running, for 
establishing overall availability of a site, or to let you 
know when your favorite MUD comes back online. It can also 
be used for monitoring a busy Web site to be notified of the 
response times dropping to a low value; a convenient way of 
finding out when the site becomes less busy and easier to 
access.

HTTP test: use for monitoring a Web site, so you can be
notified if the site goes down or comes back up. 

Telnet test: in addition to being useful for monitoring
a telnet server, this can be used to notify you when
your favorite MUD comes back on line after it has
gone down.

Ping test: use for monitoring that a computer to ensure
that it is connected to the Internet.

Email test: use to receive notification when email messages
become available.

Change in 1.2.3
- Fix: a problem was discovered in the handling of some
date formats that would cause the program to abort at
startup. This has now been fixed.

Changes in 1.2.2
- Fix: a problem was discovered with the 'Ping' test. The
program would often give incorrect results by reporting a
site as active when, in fact, it was down. This problem
could also sometimes cause the program to stop.
- New feature: an option has been added to permit the 
program to be started via a command line. The command
line start can include a parameter to cause the program
to automatically start the tests. With this feature it
is now possible to include the program in the StartUp
program group so that it will be started every time the
computer is restarted. When started from the command
line, the program window is automatically hidden so that
it does not interfere with other programs that may be
running.
- New feature: the program has been modified so that it
appears as an icon in the System Tray rather than as an
item in the Task Bar. As the program is intended to be
run for extended periods, it was felt that this change
would make it more 'user friendly'.

Fix in 1.2.1
- It was discovered that the program was using too much
CPU time when attempting to connect to a site that was
down, or when waiting for a reponse from a site that was
down. It was using 70% to 80% of the time. This has been
corrected so that it will use <1% of the CPU time, usually
<1/2%.

Added Functionality in 1.2
- Added code to the HTTP test to report 500 series error
responses as indicating the site is down. This class of 
code indicates cases where the server knows it has erred 
or is incapable of performing the request. For all
practical purposes, it means the server is "down".

Fixes in 1.1.1
- Fixed a problem in the registered version that would cause
the program to abort at startup.

Fixes in 1.1:
- Fixed a problem with adding a new site to the configuration.
In 1.0, the selections to report a site down or up would
be reversed when Ok was clicked.
- Fixed a problem with the "News" button. In 1.0, the
reference used to retrieve the news file was wrong.

Installation: Unzip the installation file to any 
convenient temporary directory, then execute setup.exe
to install the program. It is recommended that all
other programs be shut down before proceeding with the
install. If you had already installed a previous version,
just install this version to the same location and it will
replace the existing modules with the updated ones.

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