Re: fetchmail question

[Andre Berger <uzscd5@uni-bonn.de>]

"john smith" <inquirer23@hotmail.com> writes:

> hey,
> 
> I would like to know how to configure fetchmail to run in the background 
> when I connect to my isp and collect my mail and polls my mail server every 
> hour while I am connected and then exits automatically if I disconnect to my 
> isp.
> 
> thanks in advance
> 
> sincerely,
> 
> john

/etc/ppp/ip-up.d/fetchmailstarter

        #!/bin/sh
        su - $YOURUSER -c 'fetchmail -d 3600'

/etc/ppp/ip-down.d/fetchmailstopper

        #!/bin/sh
        su - $YOURUSER -c 'fetchmail -q'
        kill -9 $(cat /home/$YOURUSER/.fetchmail.pid 2>/dev/null) 2>/dev/null

Could also be put in a loop for more than one user.

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Andre Berger                                [andre.berger@topmail.de]