"john smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
