Timothy Bates writes:
> >> If somebody knows a script (Perl or Python) capable of extracting
> >> url's from mailboxes _and_ testing them for validity I'd very much
> >> appreciate a pointer.
>
> check out http://www.phpbuilder.com/columns/tim19990221.php3
Thanks. Meanwhile, I have found the following, which seems to be more useful:
http://www.stud.ifi.uio.no/~larsga/download/python/LinkCheck.html