> I assume you mean the the ‐‐timeout <seconds> setting? Ahh. Sorry, you didn't explain you'd already seen/tried that.
> appreciate this setting in regards to my problem. The default setting is > 300 sec. Given that my connection time is < 60 sec (haven't timed it, > but definitely less than 300), then I 'm not sure altering this will > help. > > My idle time on dial on demand is also 300sec, but as I mentioned actual > time to bring the connection up is much less. > > Since my post I have found on the fetchmail page a comment that pppd on > demand doesn't always play well with fetchmail (refer below). > > "H1. Fetchmail hangs when used with pppd. > > Your problem may be with pppd's `demand' option. We have a report that > fetchmail doesn't play well with it, but works with pppd if `demand' is > turned off. We have no idea why this is." > > Appreciate if you can provide any further direction. This is NOT true on my system. It's always worked fine. See the other post on the ip_dyn_addr thingo, though, as I now think that the poster of that may be spot on. I have that option turned on in my firewall I just noticed. I must have done that for a reason eons ago. Regards, --- Edward Dekkers (Director) Triple D Computer Services P/L -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
