At 05:23 PM 1/9/2001 -0500, Brian Chabot wrote:
i had a client using diald and then i discovered wvdial. do a google on
wvdial and see what you get...its fast and easy to configure..and i believe
that you can have it dial on demand.
~kurth
>Ok, time to delurk again...
>
>I have a clent who recently hosed their mail server... which is why they
>called me, as their usual admin is in Germany for a few weeks....
>
>Here's the setup as far as I've gotten: Linux-Mandrake 7.2 is installed
>on a PII300/256MB RAM/20GB HDD. NetGear XM128 ISDN terminal adapter
>(modem) on the parallel port. IP chains and POP3 server are running
>fine. The ISDN goes to shore.net OK if I use linuxconf, but won't work
>for diald (I know, it sucks, but the client wanted dial-on-demand) at
>all. I installed eznet to help configure diald, but eznet works only as
>long as diald isn't called and either way refuses to set the default
>route. Even when specifically told to do so. Sendmail works fine as
>long as we're connected but mail that is supposed to be spooled at
>shore.net bounces if we aren't connected.
>
>Here, I see 2 problems I need help with:
>
>1. I haven't found a useful howto for dial-on-demand and diald has
>documentation that makes M$'s docs look useful. Eznet looks to just be
>broken. So I'm lost there.
>
>2. Where can I set sendmail to use ETRN or whatever I need to tell shore
>not to bounce the email?
>
>Any help would be much appreciated...
>
>thanks,
>
>Brian
>
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