RE: SMTP server name

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[mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Simon Coulter
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2008 2:03 AM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: SMTP server name



On 21/03/2008, at 5:10 PM, Bradley V. Stone wrote:

Even if there's no response, if the ping resolves to an IP you're
good.
That's all that matters with ping.

Not true. Being able to resolve a symbolic address is only part of
the equation. Even with an IP address you may not be able to reach
that system (e.g., No route to host) for a number of reasons. Ping is
intended to tell you the host is reachable not just that name
resolution is OK.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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