Catch result from an external web page

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Ave,

Basically I¹m throwing an account number to a webpage on an external website
­ And I want to catch the result in some sort ­ to find out if the account
number exists. 

Let¹s say I have this form:
<FORM ACTION="http://www.somewhere.com/acc.asp"; METHOD="post" NAME="frm">
          <input TYPE="TEXT" NAME="ACCTNUM" SIZE="20" MAXLENGTH="15">
          <input TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="GOOD" VALUE="0">
          <INPUT NAME="frmSubmit" TYPE="submit" VALUE="Let's Go!">
</FORM>

Now when I click submit ­ the browser goes to www.somewhere.com ­ if the
account number is good, it¹ll bring up further option ­ if not ­ it
redirects to an error page.

www.somewhere.com is an external site ­ I don¹t have access to it¹s codes or
variables. 
I want to be able to determine if that form succeeded in getting to the
Account Page, i.e., the Account Number was good ­ or if it failed and
redirected to the error page.
Is there any way to do this?
Is there perhaps a way to read the output of that page and store it in a
text file?

Thanks.

PS: Anyone with an inquisitive mind ­ NO! I¹m not trying to hack someone¹s
website. ³Somewhere.Com² is our client and we need to hit their website to
determine if the account is good or not for a service we¹re providing them.
Right now we¹re trying to avoid requesting them for their source/code or
help for that matter.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rahul Sitaram Johari
CEO, Twenty Four Seventy Nine Inc.

W: http://www.rahulsjohari.com
E: sleepwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

³I morti non sono piu soli ... The dead are no longer lonely²


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