How to detect if a Spread node fails

Hi,

I have two machines each running the spread server, and each setup so they know about each other.  Let’s call them able & baker.

I have a number of clients programs, in the same group on each

So: 

#fred#able
#joe#able
#bill#baker
#who#baker

If spread dies, is killed or a machine dies how can I detect that the node has gone ‘offline’ ?

baker receives a message of the type Is_caused_network_mess for each group.  What I need is to know the source is 'able’ 

Any hints ?

Thanks,
Andrew

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Andrew Holt

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