Re: Fetchmail + cron + dialup

From: Kevin Mark (kmark+debian-user_at_pipeline.com)
Date: 09/30/04

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    On Thu, Sep 30, 2004 at 12:57:00PM +0200, Robert Golovniov wrote:
    > Hello,
    >
    > What is the best way to configure fetchmail to regularly check for new
    > mail on a dialup account? I tried doing it with a simple cron job like
    > "pon && fetchmail && poff" but the last command for some reasons never
    > worked. I also tried running pppd in "on-demand" mode, but somehow this
    > did not work either. Is there a "normal" or "professional" way of doing
    > it? Many thanks!
    >
    > --
    > -=Robert & Beata Golovniov | Lviv. Topolna-West=-
    Hi Rob,
    I have a small script that checks the machine in online before it runs
    fetchmail. So the cron jobs runs constantly but fechmail only runs when
    on line.
     #-------------------------------------------------------------------
     IP=$(/sbin/ifconfig ppp0 2>&1 |grep inet|cut -f2 -d:|cut -d' ' -f1)
     if [ $IP ]; then
             # online
            fetchmail
     fi
     #------------------------------------------------------------------
     -kev
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