Thanks, John! That did the trick!! :-) On 31 Dec, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> What I'm trying to setup is this: When I boot-up my system, I want to get >> a dial-up ppp connection to my ISP and grab mail. I want this to happen >> without having to manually run pon after I log in. > > Rename /etc/ppp/no_ppp_on_boot to /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot . Ppp will then > come up when you boot. > >> I also want to be able to detect if the line has gone down and re-connect >> in that event. > > Add 'persist' to /etc/ppp/peers/provider . Pppd will then attempt to > recconnect when the link goes down. > >> Where do I put the fetchmail-up script to make this happen properly? > > If it is in ip-up.d it will get run whenever ppp comes up regardless of > why.
-- 'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse