Server Status for Counter-Strike

Alright.

I've been programming with VB on and off for about 12 years. I've never gotten into anything SUPER heavy, but I do know some fairly advanced things. The only networking/internet things I have done are server/client with winsock.

I'd like to create a program that you could input an IP and have it display some of the server information. Every 15 seconds it will check to see if the server is still online, and if it goes offline, it will send an email to everyone on a list of emails. I've got the email thing down, but I still need to figure out how to recieve the server information. Any ideas?

You would need to understand how the server accepts commands. You're better off looking for a game-specific forum with programmers on than asking here.

You could also try asking Steam or Sierra, they might offer help as it's their software :-)

just emailed valve. hopefully they'll help me out. thanks! =)