"Jamie Dale" <j.dale@turboz.net> wrote in message
news:4484ddde@newsgroups.borland.com...
> Yes I understand what you are saying, but if my internet is only connected
> via the modem and there are no other internet connections, then as long as
> IdHTTP connects to the target website it should not matter should it? -
The
> target website will report the IP address where the request came from - my
> ONLY internet connection/modem/adapter..
Under the scenerio where there is only 1 adapter, that is generally correct.
But if you ever install the program on a system with multiple network
adapters installed, that logic begins to fail.
> Freedns - http://freedns.afraid.org
<snip>
> Only reason I do that is so that my program confirms the server
> was updated with the that was sent.
That is the whole point of HTTP response codes in the first place. You
don't have to look at the HTML content in order to know whether the request
succeeded or failed. FreeDNS should be sending a 200 reply if the update
was successful.
> Hey, you didn't pick any major faults in my code/style yet - are
> you feeling ok Remy? :-P
When people post a lot of code, I don't always go through it with a fine
toothed comb right away, especially during the daytime when I'm usually
doing other things.
Gambit
