Hi! Wilfred,

On 23 Aug 16 08:26, you wrote to me:

 WV> Yes, this one: "PID: PING_Bot 0.004 *free*" ;)

 WV> I tested a number of systems on the 18th (my date not yours ;)),

:)

 WV> before I started working on my code, to see what kind of responses I
 WV> would get. From the 18 I send out I got 9 responses from 8 systems.

                                 ^
The appropriate word is sent.  I see this form often misused.

 WV> But maybe some are held up by the fact that Wards system has been down
 WV> again. We'll see when he gets online again...

Okay.  Unless they get routed to the 'too hard bin', 'file 13', ermm... the bit
bucket.  ;)

 WV> I found your systems response a bit sparse compared to others,
 WV> although sufficient: It just quotes the Via lines, not the entire
 WV> message. And it said it was a TRACE response, when in fact it should
 WV> have been a PING response, because my message was directed at your
 WV> 3:640/384 system, which was also the one responding...

Oh, I didn't know there was a difference in expectation in the specifications.

Ah, I've just re-read the proposal.  I see what you mean.  I'll quit using my
botched effort.  Thanks for the heads up.

Cheers,
Paul.

... I started out with nothing and I still have most of it.
--- Paul's Win98SE VirtualBox