From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Feb 9 12:15:15 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA00895 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 12:15:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from host07.rwsystems.net (kasie.rwsystems.net [209.197.192.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA00889 for ; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 12:15:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jwyatt@RWSystems.net) Received: from kasie.rwsystems.net([209.197.192.103]) (1751 bytes) by host07.rwsystems.net via sendmail with P:esmtp/R:bind_hosts/T:inet_zone_bind_smtp (sender: ) id for ; Tue, 9 Feb 1999 13:52:25 -0600 (CST) (Smail-3.2.0.104 1998-Nov-20 #1 built 1998-Dec-24) Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 13:52:24 -0600 (CST) From: James Wyatt To: Mike Jenkins cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dummy-pop3 server In-Reply-To: <199902091441.IAA02438@carp.gbr.epa.gov> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Mike Jenkins wrote: > 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. Thanks, that makes more sense! We used to use plug-gw for this. Now socket is used where real pass-through is needed. (kinda like a reverse proxy for some protocols) > > 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. Tried /bin/sh this time and you are right again. Not on bash, ksh, or csh! On some machines (AIX), ksh is linked to /bin/sh (or visa versa) and this doesn't work. I'd love to see it added to bash, though. Thanks - Jy@ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message