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Two words: Poormanscron + Core. :-)

I have been using poormanscron for ages now. It is stable, no required configuration, nothing of that sorts - just enable it and voila! Make everything as simple as it can be and not any simpler. Someone once said that :-)

Not everyone has had your success. The support forums are full of people who have had problems with poormanscron. At least they were full of it 6-12 months ago.

I'd be happy if poormanscron could be confirmed stable to the point that it is included in core and run every night be default - that would get rid of all the "search doesn't work" messages, but I guess I'm saying it deserves a double check before being included.

Greg

I am surprised, really - I will have to see what kinds of problems the people had. I've never had a problem, and I've been using it since I think Drupal 4.3 or 4.4 or so. I'll have a look to see if I can find issues with poormanscron and whether I can reply to them - I've really had no problem whatsoever and running it currently on more than 15 sites, of which two send out mailing lists, and all are fully operational. Kobus