From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 14 04:07:40 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA04262 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 04:07:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from jce.wintermute.co.uk (jce.wintermute.co.uk [194.105.163.212]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA04222 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 04:06:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wayne@jce.wintermute.co.uk) Received: from jcep (st01 [198.100.100.2]) by jce.wintermute.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id KAA01186 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 10:12:01 GMT (envelope-from wayne@jce.wintermute.co.uk) Message-Id: <199801141012.KAA01186@jce.wintermute.co.uk> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Wayne G Boyd" Organization: JCE (Aberdeen) Ltd To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 10:24:17 +0000 Subject: sendmail Question X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk First of all I would like to thank you for the response I had to the last question I sent in, it pointed me in a direction which solved my previous problem. I now have another question. My system config is as follows:- PC running FreeBSD, with single ethernet card, and single modem. The ethernet card is connected to our local IPX LAN. Dial-On-Demand PPP connection to our ISP is configured and working. Squid proxy server is configured and working. sendmail & a POP3 server are configured and working, for mail pickup over the LAN from Win95 mail clients. Sendmail will Tx and Rx SMTP mail with our ISP without a problem, as long as the PPP link is up, and it will dial out for outgoing mail. My question is: "how do I get the system to dial our ISP periodically to check for new incomming mail ?". (Note: Our ISP's machine detects our presence, and automatically attempts an SMTP connection as soon as we dial up) Thanks, Wayne. -- Wayne G Boyd, Digital Systems Manager JCE (Aberdeen) Ltd Tel: +44 (0)1224 772030 Fax: +44 (0)1224 772002