> Unfortunately there are legitimate
> cases where you want to be sparing with your dialup use, but e-smith is
> not optimized for that.
thanks joe
if i was within local call distance of a permanent pop conection that's what i'd have
:-(
> Hopefully other folks can develop that
> functionality if it's needed badly enough. I imagine that by spending
> enough time studying the diald connection queue, it should be possible
> to map out a complete list of the reasons e-smith connects to the
> Internet, and tighten them up.
i can't really do this, it would cost me too much, divorces are expensive, assuming i
could understand what i was doing.
>I think that batching outgoing email and
> disabling IP masquerading would go a long way.
would someone mind explaining in principle how this works and where i can get more
information. with disabling IP masq does it affect other services eg ping telnet ?
regards
stephen
