On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Zoki wrote:
> Obviously, nobody is using the ppp-on, ppp-on-dialer and ppp-off scripts
> so maybe I should reformulate the question: What do I do to make cron
> send and check my mail automatically and close the connection knowing that
> I am in France and therefore not hooked to the Net constantly but making a
> connection through a modem.
I use those scripts, but not directly. I have written a script file,
invoked by cron, to pickup and send my Email on a scheduled basis. I
wrote another one to do cleanup, just in case the first one screws up.
Finally, I wrote a third one that stays up long enough to give xntpd time
to resync my machine's clock.
I had posted the initial version of the first script file to one of these
lists a couple of weeks ago. But, it has evolved since then, and appears
to be rock solid. I don't have a web site to distribute them. But, I'll
send them to anyone interested, or post them here again if enough people
want them.
In addition, my /etc/ppp/ip-up.local looks like this:
/usr/sbin/sendmail -q
/usr/local/bin/etrn.pl email.vnet.net
/usr/bin/fetchmail --batchlimit 1000
/usr/bin/wall mail fetched
Where, email.vnet.net is my ISP's Email server, and /root/.fetchmailrc
has the appropriate poll command to pick up POP mail (I use both POP
and SMTP mail).
When I want to connect for web browsing, or to send/receive Email in
real-time, I use `ifup ppp1', and `ifdown ppp1' to shut down the link.
Note that ifconfig will show the first ppp connection as ppp0, regardless
of which interface you specify.
/ Ray
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