On Wed, 2 Aug 89 14:24:47 GMT Eric Thomas said:
>What  does "down"  mean for  your accounting  server, Hans-Ulrich?  If it
>means "logged off", this would  explain the difference. For IAMUP, "down"
>means "unable  to execute commands",  which includes logged off  but also
>stuck in a disabled loop and similar  things.
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eric,
 
you are right. it means logged off. BUT :
i have had months when LISTSERV was stopped 3 or 4 times (for about 3 minutes)
and i'm absolutely sure that it shows several hours of downtime.
this brings me to the idea of sample-intervals. what is the monitor counting
for a 3 minute down-time in the worst case ?
-ulrich-