I've got two functionalities I'd like to add to my newsgroup reader project.
I'm using Indy 9.0x but would be willing to augment this with whatever
components get the job done.

   1) The ability to ping a NNTP-Posting-Host, and resolve the IP address to
a DNS-style name. (This would be the equivalent of doing "ping -a hostname"
at the command line.)
   2) Monitor total bandwidth usage for dial-up connections. I had a program
written once that did this. It showed kBPS for both incoming and outgoing
transmissions, no matter what program was initiating the transfer.
Unfortunately I lost that code (please don't ask!).

Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

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"John Jacobson" <johnjac[nospam]@xnet.com> wrote in news:3c6fd14f_2@dnews:

You need to use the DNSResolver.

You will need to hook in on a level lower than where Indy does.

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