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  From: Shaun Branden <shaun@pcuse.com>
  To  : Linux SA <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 17:16:37 +0930

Re: Keeping dial up connections alive

On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 05:11:35PM +0930, Anthony wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> Can someone please tell me how I can keep a dialup connection on a
> server (e-smith) alive perhaps via a script that pings the ISP mail
> server (or http server) say every 5 minutes? I am using a modem to
> connect to my ISP. I would like this to start when the m/c is booted.

Are you fetching email from anywhere, perhaps you can use fetchmail and
set it to poll every minute or so.

shaun

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