On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Michael Scottaline wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > does anyone know of a program or script that will periodically poll my ISP so
> > that it doesn't disconnect when it thinks the connection is idle?
> >
> >
> > thanks.
> ================================
> If your ISP is providing you with a POP3 e-mail account, have
> something like biff check for mail, say every three minutes or so.
> This will probably keep the connection (depending on your ISP)
> Mike
Mike,
I think biff, at least xbiff, just checks for mail on your own system.
But fetchmail will poll on periodic basis, start up using 'fetchmail -d
3600' to poll each hour. set to 600 for 10 min. polls.
Warren
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