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Article #247Re: dial on demand - how?
From: Neil McRae
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 13:43
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 13:43
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In article <777118227snz@lattice.co.uk>, John Parker <jparker@lattice.co.uk> wrote: >I am trying to set up a PC running Linux to act as a mail hub >for a number of remote users, with a dialup connection to the >Internet (via Demon). I've given up trying to use KA9Q! > >I have the basic system running fine, and mail to/from the >Internet works well. At present I run dip with a script to >establish the connection, and use dip -k to kill it. > >I plan to set up cron to run dip every hour or so to poll >for incomming mail. > >My problem is outgoing mail. > > > >THE QUESTION >------------ >Is it possible to set up linux (dip + smail) to dial up >if there is any mail to send, as soon as the user has >"sent" the mail? > > I haven't looked closly but I believe PPP can do this on Linux, It is somthing that I'll be investigating this week, and if I get any luck I'll post with a guide. Regards, Neil -- Neil J. McRae Demon Internet neil@demon.net
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 100b1f,72dbfad1a4ea6481 X-Google-Attributes: gid100b1f,public X-Google-Thread: 108f6a,72dbfad1a4ea6481 X-Google-Attributes: gid108f6a,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-08-17 07:15:33 PST Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.help,demon.ip.support.unix Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!hookup!yeshua.marcam.com!usc!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!pipex!demon!neil From: neil@demon.co.uk (Neil McRae) Subject: Re: dial on demand - how? Message-ID: <CuoM4o.Avy@demon.co.uk> Organization: Demon Internet Limited References: <777118227snz@lattice.co.uk> Date: Wed, 17 Aug 1994 13:43:35 GMT Lines: 38