On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 03:57:01PM +0530, Nataraj S Narayanan wrote: > Hi friends > > I m facing a problem. One of my clients uses Vsnl for > browsing and Spectrum ISP for e-mail relay and fetching. > Hv used cron for dialing and retrieval every other hour. > There is just one modem on ttyS1. When the Vsnl connec- > tion ppp0 is up, the spectrum connection might get dial- > ed by cron, disconnecting and killing ppp0 and bringing > up ppp1. But then ppp1 doesnt pass data in or out and > finally dies out. >
If your dialing is through chat scripts, there sems to be some problem in the setup. There should be a /var/run/LCK* on when you are through which does not permit other proc- esses to intervene. In any case, one way out would be to redirect your hourly cron through a script, which can do a check for active ppp0 interface before dialing. If active, execute fetchmail, otherwise call your chat scripts/wvdial to dial afresh and retrieve mail. Don't know why you want to be in Spectrum for getting mail since you can access any POP3/ IMAP through vsnl as well, and vice-versa. Bish -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Lesser known commands (w) LOST #209 w displays information about users currently using the machine and their processes. The header shows, the current time, how long the system has been running, how many users are currently logged on, and the system load averages for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes. ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
