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Subject: Re: Problem with ppp.linkup
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Another option you have is simply to keep fetchmail running all the time.
Don't worry about getting it running just when you run ppp.  It will run
quietly in daemon mode 24/7 regardless of your connection.

:)

James

On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, matt wrote:

> On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Marc Silver wrote:
> 
> : Hi there,
> : 
> : Please could one of you help with my *little* problem.  I am trying to get
> : the following command to execute when my ppp link comes up. 
> : 
> : 'fetchmail -f /etc/ppp/.fetchmailrc'
> 
> Why not just put fetchmail -d <timeout> in the script? As for PPP, if you
> are using pppd(8) You could use the option: <connect /path/to/chat/script>
> in /etc/ppp/options and just add fetchmail -d <timeout> to the end of your
> chat script... if you are using ppp(8) I have no idea. Hope this was some
> kind of help.
> 
> Matt
> 
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