Am Mit, 2002-11-06 um 00.15 schrieb Joshua Lee: > On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 07:55:30AM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > Joshua Lee writes: > > > 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. > [...] > > soon as it receives it from your MUA (e.g. mutt, gnus, etc.). If pppd is > > configured for demand dialing (use pppconfig) it will immediately dial up > > and the message will be delivered. Then waiting mail will be downloaded and > [...] > > A rule of thumb for Linux: When you think "there ought to be a way to do > > this" there usually is. > > A rule of thumb for Perl that also applies to Linux is "there's more than > one way to do it". :-)
Yeah, but in bash, most of those ways earn you the "Useless Use of Cat Award" :) -- Matthias Hentges [www.hentges.net] -> PGP + HTML are welcome ICQ: 97 26 97 4 -> No files, no URLs My OS: Debian Woody: Geek by Nature, Linux by Choice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
