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+This web app allows a user to be notified via e-mail when a website they wish to track has been updated. Updates are currently monitored via periodic HEAD requests to specified urls, and checking for updates of etag or last-modified headers. Future versions of this application will perform more sophisticated checks of the web page.
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+Deployers of this application will also need to supply access to an SMTP server for e-mail notifications and should implement SSL for secure authenication.
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+My deployment of this application is hosted at webmonitor.ddns.me. Enjoy!