Date: Thu, 28 Nov 1996 10:05:21 +1100 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: Jason Fesler <jfesler@calweb.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: initiate sendmail Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961128100154.1605J-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19961127091306.007ef430@pop.calweb.com>
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On Wed, 27 Nov 1996, Jason Fesler wrote: > There is another option.. Sendmail 8.8.x (at least, my 8.8.3) > has an option called "ETRN". Telnet to the port, type > "ETRN domain.name", and sendmail will run the queue, without > requiring a complete login to the mail host. Easy enough to > script even :-). > > (sleep 5; echo "ETRN domain.name"; sleep 60) | telnet mailhost 25 > > Crude, but works in a pinch.. Cute. I like Greg Lehey's suggestion, too - 'sendmail -qRdomain.name' If your customer is logging in via a standard login/password arrangement with a /bin/sh script for a shell, it is easy to add if [ $USER = Pcust ]; then (sleep 10 ; sendmail -qRcust.com ) & fi before the exec pppd. Danny
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