Re: Fetchmail + cron + dialup
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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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