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Pingback server code

7th September 2002

The source code for my PingBack server, including the code I use to grab an extract from the page linking to my site, is now available here.

Posted 7th September 2002 at 9:23 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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