If you don't want to implement a whole monitoring solution, you could just write a simple shell or perl script to do this, and then run it out of cron. Take a look at the various plugins (while are usually shell or perl scripts) for the monitoring tools already listed for examples. On Tue, 14 May 2002, destr0 wrote: > Hello. > > I have a server with several virtually hosted sites on it, located and a out-of-state hosting facility. What I'd like to do is have something run on my local machine, that hits these websites to see if they are up every day, and send me an email if they are not. Is there a utility or script already available to do the job? > > Thanks for any info. >