I would use tzo.com. They offer various services beyond just ddns. It costs some, but I have only had the best service from them. You could not go wrong and they are very knowledgable in Linux and various services Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "praedor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 5:35 PM Subject: [expert] Setting up a mail cronjob > I am not terribly up on scripting and assume that for what I want to do, it > will require a script. > > I have a DSL connection with a dynamic ip from uswest. Every couple of days > my ip address changes. I would like to keep myself, no matter where I am, > abreast of the ip address of my system and one very simple way to do it is > via mail. > > If I send myself mail from my linux box, then by looking at the header of the > email from myself I can determine what my system's ip address is. I am > thinking of setting up a cron job to mail my uswest email account every other > day. When I am away from home and check my mail, I will be able to see what > my home system's ip address is and always be able to connect to it via my > cisco 675 DSL modem. I presently have a port forward setup on my cisco to > allow ssh connections to my linux box but since my ip is dynamic, I have to > change the nat table to fit the new ip address every few days. This email > method will help me keep up on the ip address so I can always get in. > > I would like to setup a script that simply sends mail to my > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail account. Simply running "mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]" > wont work since it subsequently wants a "Subject:", ctrl-D to end the > message, and a "Cc:". I assume I need a script to handle this. I would like > to simply send "ip address check" to the subject, nothing in the message > body, and nothing in the cc field. Can anyone help me out here? > > Thank you, > praedor > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. >
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