Re: Bug#19135: fetchmail: fetchmail tries to fetchmail every time my demand dialed ppp connection goes up

[john@dhh.gt.org]

Manoj writes:
> I think that you'll find that multi-ppp link machines are a very small
> minority;...

Small, but not very small.

> ...and the admins of these machines already know ppp well enough to hack
> the system for their own setups anyway.

Not always.  A not uncommon setup is that of a home user who dials into his
isp to surf and his office to work.  How does Windows deal with this?

> As someone said, try to make the most common case easier.

Yes, that comes first.  Our first priority must be to get them on the Net
with minimum hassle. However, I would like to make at least the most common
multiprovider arrangements easy.  Perhaps a scheme whereby one provider is
designated as primary?
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI


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