On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 03:55:43PM -0000, Pigeon wrote: > of OE which to me is the single most important feature a mail client can > offer: the ability to automatically dial up, send any outgoing mail, > receive any incoming mail and immediately hang up. This MINIMISES time > spent CLOCKING UP PHONE CHARGES. Agent seems to assume you're online all > the time, which is only OK if you're rich. From what little I know, > Linux seems to work on the same philosohpy, which puzzles me a bit.)
It could be because in the US, local phone is usually flat-rate. Also, TCP/IP wasn't intended for phone lines, it's oriented towards an always-on connection. However, it should be pretty easy to implement a script that would run pon, fetch your mail, and run poff to disconnect once successful though. Or I think you can tell pppd to disconnect after a period of inactivity. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
