Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 08:41:11 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Jenkins <mjenkins@carp.gbr.epa.gov> To: jwyatt@RWSystems.net Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dummy-pop3 server Message-ID: <199902091441.IAA02438@carp.gbr.epa.gov> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902081527420.9241-100000@kasie.rwsystems.net>
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On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, James Wyatt wrote: > The original question led me to think the older server was to be retired > from service. The plug/netcat/socket/plug-gw/etc... will *never* get the > users off of the old server. Since I was getting a bit lost with this thread, I looked thru the ISP mailing list archives. The original question was from Leif Nelan on Jan 25. It was answered with a perl script and various shell scripts. The thread was revived on Feb 5 by Troy Settle asking how to redirect port 110 traffic. The revived thread is the one we have been discussing. > Also: I noticed that one of the scripts used 'read -t 10 MYVAR' or such. > Which OS or shell has a '-t' param on read? Works on my FreeBSD 2.2.6 sh. > Also[2]: If you do the background-sleep-until-kill-parent, you get an > annoying message 'Unable to kill process 23431' just before exit and a > socket that stays open until the kill. Any way to kill the subshell when > you know you have all the data you need? I don't have a clue. You'll have to ask Renaud Waldura <rwaldura@LIGOS.COM>, the one who posted that sh script. > I have been playing with folks answers to learn more and had these two > issues. I'm doing something else, but the answers to this may apply to > what I'm playing with... - Jy@ I've been doing the same with the revived thread answers (plugdaemon, nc, ...). More tools for the toolbox. Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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