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Date:      14 Jan 98 14:24:29 +0100
From:      leifn@image.dk (Leif Neland)
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   sendmail Question
Message-ID:  <c09_9801150215@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>
References:   <199801141012.KAA01186@jce.wintermute.co.uk>

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At 14 Jan 98 11:24:17 "Wayne G Boyd" wrote regarding sendmail Question

 "G> Sendmail will Tx and Rx SMTP mail with our ISP without a
 "G> problem, as long as the PPP link is up, and it will dial out for
 "G> outgoing mail.

You might want to disable the posting of a single letter to initial a dialout,
by marking the internet as "expensive" in your sendmail.cf / m4. Then only
explicitly send when you also want to poll for new mail.

But that naturally depends on the price of a call.

 "G> My question is: "how do I get the system to dial our ISP
 "G> periodically to check for new incomming mail ?".

A ping -n10 isp.name.domain in cron executed at your preferred interval will
open the link.


Leif Neland
leifn@image.dk

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