Re: ip-up for each user?

[Robbie Huffman <robbie@user-37kbu2i.dialup.mindspring.com>]

On Mon, Apr 05, 1999 at 08:58:22AM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote:
> It sounds as if you should use diald to bring the link up automatically
> whenever a program attempts to connect to an external site.  My own
> arrangement is for fetchmail to run whenever the link comes up, and for
> cron to do a single ping from time to time to ensure that the link does
> come up and collect mail, even if no-one is using it otherwise.

What I'm looking for is your "arrangement" which allows for fetchmail to
run when PPP is started. I'm guessing you just played with the systemwide
ip-up script?

Thanks,
Robbie