I do not think that accessing things within my ISPs net is enough to keep
the connection to the "outside" open but it could be worth a try I guess?!
Right now I must admit that I do not download email periodically - I simply
fetch it now and then using Netscape mail client.
Regards
Magnus
>From: chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [STN] Adding an app?
>Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 02:29:35 -0800
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>Why not just run a mail client that checks your mail every so often?
>
>Chris
>- ----- Original Message -----
>From: "trist post" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 7:36 AM
>Subject: RE: [STN] Adding an app?
>
>
> > If I could make the STN-box call a program or script to "dial" I
> > could of course put a program there that automate this stupid
> > login sequence but I guess that if I select dialup STN will also
> > assume that PPP over serial port will be used etc that is not
> > apropriate in this case...
> >
> > Maybe a future version of STN could have support for calling some
> > user supplied script if there have not been any activity for a
> > user selected period and the user now try to do something versus
> > the net. That would be perfect with this kind of cases.
> >
> > Sadly enough I think that this kind of "crap" from the ISPs will be
> > more common since they want to force us to go to there "portals"
> > as often as possible (I guess they dream of us using some
> > "pay"-services, dream on I say!).
> >
> > Regards
> > Magnus
> >
> >
> > >From: Jim Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Subject: RE: [STN] Adding an app?
> > >Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:13:41 -0800
> > >
> > >Or you could do something different....
> > >
> > >(I am assuming you have a dial-up ISP, right?)
> > >
> > >What I did was take advantage of STN's "dial-on-demand" capability
> > >- whenever I needed to use the internet from any machine on my
> > >network, it would pick up the phone, do what I wanted, and hang up
> > >when I was finished.
> > >
> > >BTW - as telephone time is expensive (not only to you for making
> > >the call, but for them to mantain the CO equipment, and the RADIUS
> > >servers, etc. - they pay the phone company (companies) for
> > >co-locating equipment) and they cannot keep unlimited numbers of
> > >lines - many ISP's do this. (every dial-up ISP I have ever worked
> > >with, has this set up...)
> > >Dial-on-demand gives you the best of both worlds - it's there when
> > >you need it, and you do not tie up a phone line when it is not.
> > >
> > >Jim
> > >
> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > Given that there is room on the diskette or that I install STN
> > > > on a HD is there some simple way to add/start a background
> > > > process of my own on the STN box? I am quite a novice to linux
> > > > administration etc and know nothing about the specific
> > > > distribution used bu STN.
> > > >
> > > > I have a really boring ISP that disconect you after som time of
> > > > inactivity and then you are forced to log-on using a hard to
> > > > remember name/password selected by them :-( and to work-around
> > > > this I want to use
> > > >
> > > > a small keep-alive program that should run on the external
> > > > interface.
> > > >
> > > > Any sugestions about how to go about this?
> > > >
> > > > Regards
> > > > Magnus
> > >
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