Date: Sat, 15 Jul 1995 20:03:18 +0800 (HKT) From: John Beukema <john@winjef.somerset> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: downloading mail from ISP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950715194627.268A-100000@winjef.somerset>
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After some fooling around, I have worked out simple scripts to login and
download my mail from my ISP using iijppp in auto mode. I enclose the
scripts for anyone who might be interested. After it is downloaded, the
mail can be read using mail, elm or pine or, if you load the pop3 server,
can be further downloaded by Eudora (network version) by the technically
challanged on the LAN. Sendmail works fine through either Eudora or mail
and iijppp for mail out.
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# /etc/ppp/ppp.conf
# Default setup. Executed always when PPP is invoked.
#
default:
set device /dev/cuaa0
set speed 57600
disable lqr
deny lqr
set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" ATE1Q0 OK-AT-OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT"
#
# On demand dialup example
# dynamic IP addressing for local side
# remote side uses 202.14.67.39 as their IP address.
# You must supply -auto option to invoke PPP.
#
# ex. % ppp -auto ondemand
#
ondemand:
set debug chat phase lcp
set phone 12345678
set login "TIMEOUT 5 login: jbeukema ssword: XXXXX nnex: ppp"
set timeout 120
set ifaddr 0 202.14.67.39
dial
.netrc contents
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machine is1.hk.super.net login jbeukema password XXXXX
macdef init
cd /usr/spool/mail
get jbeukema johnmail
delete jbeukema
close
bye
default login ftp password jbeukema@hk.super.net
getmail contents
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#!/bin/sh
# to wake up ppp -auto
ping -c 1 202.14.67.39 > /dev/null
sleep 30
ftp is1.hk.super.net >> /tmp/getmail.log
if [ -e johnmail ]
then
cat johnmail >> /var/mail/john
rm johnmail
echo "You have new mail (:-)"
pine
else
echo "No mail. (;-("
fi
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to run .netrc must be mode 600 in a home directory. ./getmail will fire
up ppp, log in under ftp, download any mail, delete the mail file at the
IPC and add it to the users mail file.
It does not try to lock the mail file at the IPC nor verify correct
transmission, nor handle errors which is left as an exercise for the
users...
jbeukema
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