Tha sounds like a very logical thing to do, as you can tell I'm a newbie. Do you mean running the script from ip-up??
Maybe somone can tell me how to tell pppd to connect, i.e. without for instance running ping? Thanks, Chris > * Christof Hurschler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-30 15:04]: > > $pop = Net::POP3->new('pop3host', Timeout => 60); > > Perl, eh? Never played around with that language, sorry. > > > but I haven't been able to get it to work in swendelete, I always get > > a "can't connect to mail server" error when I run swendelete.pl and > > don't have an active connection (I'm usind demand in ppp). > > > > Any suggestions? > > Although I have no experience with the language, you may want to try > approaching the problem from the other end. If you can't get the > 'Net::POP3' module to wait until the ppp daemon finishes connecting, > have the ppp daemon run your script as soon as it finishes connecting. > > Then, instead of running your script every hour, have the daemon connect > every hour, then disconnect after a suitable period. > > Just a thought... > > Regards, > -- > dave [ please don't CC me ] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Dr.-Ing. C. Hurschler [EMAIL PROTECTED] NEU FÜR ALLE - GMX MediaCenter - für Fotos, Musik, Dateien... Fotoalbum, File Sharing, MMS, Multimedia-Gruß, GMX FotoService Jetzt kostenlos anmelden unter http://www.gmx.net +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More! +++ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]