Edward/List, >Yes, it can. I didn't know this until I just had a look at the manual >pages.
I assume you mean the the ‐‐timeout <seconds> setting? >Because you're a new user, I'll assume you've never used the man pages >before. Well, I know better than that having observed this List for 6 months and made a couple of postings (thanks for going easy on me). I just didn't appreciate this setting in regards to my problem. The default setting is 300 sec. Given that my connection time is < 60 sec (haven't timed it, but definitely less than 300), then I 'm not sure altering this will help. My idle time on dial on demand is also 300sec, but as I mentioned actual time to bring the connection up is much less. Since my post I have found on the fetchmail page a comment that pppd on demand doesn't always play well with fetchmail (refer below). "H1. Fetchmail hangs when used with pppd. Your problem may be with pppd's `demand' option. We have a report that fetchmail doesn't play well with it, but works with pppd if `demand' is turned off. We have no idea why this is." Appreciate if you can provide any further direction. Regards, Roland Hill -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
