Jan, it could be done, but it would be little complicated. You'd need a
schedule running an AppleScript.
It would run every minute: while you're not connected, its script would just
check (via "Network Setup Scripting" application that comes with every Mac
but is awkward to script) if you were connected to the Internet or not. As
soon as it detected you were online (on average 30 seconds after you
connect, never more than a minute), it would execute Send & Receive Schedule
immediately, which would detect that you were now connected would run and
reset its 10-minute schedule from that point on. The script would then shift
modes. It would still run every minute, also checking to see if you were
connected, but would do nothing if you were. As soon as it detected you
were not connected, it would shift modes again and start looking out to see
when you got connected again.
Now isn't it easier just to press command-M as soon as you connect to the
internet? It's true that the system above would work even with Entourage in
the background, of course, whereas to do cmd-M or Run Schedule you do have
to bring E to the front first.
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Paul Berkowitz
On 9/7/01 3:09 PM, "Jan Martel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Only if I'm willing to wait for as much as 10 minutes when it connects -
> what I'd like it to do (which I happened to notice is what Eudora does, when
> I was using it for a few days), is recognize that a connection has just been
> established and check the mail immediately.
>
> On 9/7/01 9:08 AM, "Allen Watson" wrote:
>
>> The timed intervals with "only if connected" should do it.
>>
>> On or near 9/7/01 8:38 AM, Jan Martel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
>>
>>> Thanks, Allen, I should have thought about looking at that - I have the
>>> schedule set to check every 10 minutes, but didn't realize I could also set
>>> it to check on startup. Now what about when E'rage is running and I connect?
>>> I usually leave E'rage on all the time and just put the computer to sleep at
>>> night, so in the morning I connect but don't start E'rage up. Any miracle
>>> trick for that one? :-)
>>>
>>> On 9/7/01 8:19 AM, "Allen Watson" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Check under Tools, Schedules, and set up your "Send and Receive All"
>>>> schedule to run on startup, and at timed intervals, with "only if
>>>> connected"
>>>> checked.
>>>>
>>>> On or near 9/7/01 8:11 AM, Jan Martel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
>>>>
>>>>> I'd like Entourage to automatically check mail when I connect to the
>>>>> internet, and also if I start E'rage up while connected. Is there any
>>>>> setting to achieve this?
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