Date: Mon, 26 Jun 1995 16:47:17 +0100 (BST) From: Paul Richards <paul@freebsd.netcraft.co.uk> To: imb@scgt.oz.au (michael butler) Cc: gene@starkhome.cs.sunysb.edu, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone else see this with ijppp? Message-ID: <199506261547.QAA00729@freebsd.netcraft.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <199506251102.VAA21856@asstdc.scgt.oz.au> from "michael butler" at Jun 25, 95 09:02:13 pm
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In reply to michael butler who said > > Gene Stark writes: > > > The only real problem I have with it is the automatic 30 second redial > > if a call fails. As I mentioned in mail to the author and maintainer, > > there should be a configurable backoff on this so you don't get socked > > with charges for a kazillion calls (mine cost $0.10/ea.) if an unattended > > machine goes beserk because the other end is inaccessible for some reason. > > Such behaviour is also in breach of the Australian telecommunications > guidelines. I believe that the maximum number of attempts by an automated > dialler to the same number is restricted to 10 in any one HALF-HOUR. > I'd also like to see the ability to cycle through numbers if one is unavailable so you can provide a list of secondary POPs to contact if one number is unavailable. -- Paul Richards, Bluebird Computer Systems. FreeBSD core team member. Internet: paul@FreeBSD.org, http://www.freebsd.org/~paul Phone: 0370 462071 (Mobile), +44 1222 457651 (home)
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