I thought you would like a progress report.
My ISP uses two servers, one for normal html (called the homepages server) and one dedicated to CGI, PHP, MySql etc.
PhpDig resides on the CGI server.
It can crawl any site on the homepages server but fails on any site on the CGI server.
This has been proven by installing PhpDig under my own user name account in addition to the
www.rafars.org account.
Here is the reply from my ISP:-
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This is normal, the CGI platform is a loadbalanced cluster of servers, it is therefore not possible to connect back to "itself" on the loadbalanced address.
We are investigating other possibilities to enable this for the use of htdig etc although there is no ETA for this.
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So at least an answer from the ISP.
I say again:-
NOT A PHPDIG PROBLEM but an ISP CONFIGURATION PROBLEM.
Charter, can you please change the 'thumbs down' to a 'thumbs up' on the heading.