Hi Kieren, One thing I have done that works pretty well for me is to turn 'demand' on in pppconfig. The pon command then allows the pppd call provider to be waiting in the background for any app requesting information from the outside. The connection to my isp is automatic when I issue a command to check mail or find a url or whatever. I have also set the idle time-out at 600 so after 10 minutes of idle time, the connection is terminated, freeing up the phone line. This usually allows plenty of time for browsing and such. The pppd call provider is then ready for the next packet request. If I am reading a long page on the web and pon times out, no problem: it reconnects automatically when I hit the next link or back button or whatever.
I don't know that fetchmail will wait for the connection under these circumstances as I don't use it, but every app I use, that is internet related (kmail, konqueror, X Chat, netscape, gnapster, etc.), works quite well with the demand dial. I'm running potato under kde. hth On Monday 07 May 2001 06:53 pm, Kieren Diment wrote: > My computer connects to the internet with the following dialup script > at the moment: > > pon > sleep 45s > fetchmail > > I would like to get rid of the line sleep 45s and replace it with a > command that starts up the fetchmail process once pon has > successfully negotiated a connection to the internet (my > understanding is that this is when the DNS is registered. What would > I put in line two to do this? > > I'm running potato. > > Thanks in anticipation. > > Kieren Diment -- 73, JC Portlock KE6UME [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 14481033 =========================================== Professionals built the Titanic, but Amateurs built the Ark. =========================================== Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.
