please send me the CFX_Socket tag...
-paris
[finding the future in the past, passing the future in the present]
[connecting people, places and things]
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Dinowitz)
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 12:04:38 -0400
Subject: Re: CFX_Socket was ASP vs. Cold Fusion
> CFX_Socket was a custom tag to allow direct socket calls. If its not
> in the
> tag gallery then I'll send you a copy when I get home. I have the
> entire
> gallery local including old stuff. :)
> Eventually I'm going to put out that organized CD of tags. Time,
> money and
> a backer.
>
> At 11:49 AM 8/17/01, you wrote:
> >Um I did some research all over and couldn't find CFX_Socket...
> >Devex doesn't have it, Google is a no go, and in a last attempt
> >CFXSocket.com is not taken....
> >
> >All I could turn up was cfsocket for Mac OS X for Core Foundation...
> >
> >What in the Hello......
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Todd Ashworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 11:46 AM
> >To: CF-Talk
> >Subject: Re: ASP vs. Cold Fusion
> >
> >
> >You can also telnet into the machine and see if the mailserver is
> running.
> >Often times you get something like this:
> >
> >+OK POP3 dssf.tudelft.nl v2000.70 server ready
> >
> >I tried using <cfexecute>, but it wouldn't actually 'return'
> anything that
> >could be displayed. Maybe someone else could figure out a way to do
> this.
> >
> >Todd
> >
> >| I really have no clue as to how this works internally. The test is
> if your
> >| mail server shows up in the administrator then the function will
> work for
> >| it. Basically, this is the function used in the admin to do that
> check.
> >| My thought is that it does a tcp/ip request to the port specified.
> If so,
> >| then maybe it can also be used to specify if a server or service
> is
> >running
> >| or not. Use it to check if an FTP server is running on a machine.
> >|
> >| At 08:26 AM 8/17/01, you wrote:
> >| >Michael Dinowitz wrote:
> >| > > Checking that the domain exists is easy using the
> >| > > CFUSION_VERIFYMAIL(MailServer, SMTPPort, Timeout) function.
> It'll
> >return a
> >| > > Boolean true or false id the mail server exists or not.
> >| >
> >| >How does this work internally? Does it do a DNS lookup and search
> for a
> >| >failover server if it can't contact the main server? Many mail
> domains I
> >| >know (e.g. most academic domains in the Netherlands) have a setup
> where
> >| >they block all incoming traffic on port 25 and provide a failover
> server
> >| >that acts as a smarthost for mail to be delivered to the network
> >| >(130.161.0.0/16 and 145.94.0.0/16 need to go through one server
> at my
> >| >Uni). This allows them to provide central spam blocking and
> antivirus
> >| >scanning, while the users can still connect to local servers. I
> would
> >| >however expect that you can not verify my email server, while it
> is a
> >| >valid and running server (try it).
> >| >Also, many servers don't accept SMTP connections from computers
> outside
> >| >a trusted domain that don't have an MX record. If your CF server
> does
> >| >not have an MX record but your SMTP server does, you might get a
> false
> >| >negative.
> >| >
> >| >Jochem
> >
>
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