Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 10:11:33 -0800 (PST) From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: sendmail Question Message-ID: <Pine.UW2.3.95.980115100721.614C-100000@cedb> In-Reply-To: <c09_9801150215@swimsuit.swimsuit.roskildebc.dk>
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On 14 Jan 1998, Leif Neland wrote: > "G> My question is: "how do I get the system to dial our ISP > "G> periodically to check for new incomming mail ?". > > A ping -n10 isp.name.domain in cron executed at your preferred interval will > open the link. You also need to get the ISP's sendmail to process your mail spool. >From memory a cron entry like */15 * * * * telnet your.isp smtp;echo ehlo your.domain;echo etrn @your.domain; sleep 5; echo quit should connect and have your ISP send all your mail. Dan -- Dan Busarow 714 443 4172 DPC Systems / Beach.Net dan@dpcsys.com Dana Point, California 83 09 EF 59 E0 11 89 B4 8D 09 DB FD E1 DD 0C 82
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