tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (HIM) (11/08/90)
Hi ! Ok, my UUCP wish list ... I am connected to UUNET for email, and I would like to have better control over the link. I would like my machine to call UUNET under either of two circumstances : 1: The normal way , if a Poll entry and a Systems file let a poll happen, it runs. 2: If more that "X" bytes or "X" jobs build up for UUNET , I want it to call anyway. Get the problem ??? I dont want mail to sit here all day , but if I say Any for time I wind up with 30-40 1 job connects all day. If I dont , and say , set the outgoing window so that it can only call certain times, then if it cant connect during a "window" because the modem is busy , the mail sits there .... ========[ Xanadu Enterprises Inc. Amiga & Unix Software Development]======= =Also the mantra and spells, the obeah and the wanga; the work of the wand= =and the work of the sword: these shall he learn and teach. = = He must teach; but he may make severe the ordeals. = =========== Ken Jamieson: uunet!tronsbox.xei.com!tron1 =================== = NONE of the opinions represented here are endorsed by either = = Xanadu Enterpises or its clients, AT&T Bell Labs or others. = === The Romantic Encounters BBS 201-759-8450(PEP) / 201-759-8568(2400) ====
les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) (11/14/90)
In article <2738ea59-fcomp.mail.uucp@tronsbox.xei.com> tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (HIM) writes: > I am connected to UUNET for email, and I would like to have better >control over the link. I would like my machine to call UUNET under either of >two circumstances : > 1: The normal way , if a Poll entry and a Systems file let a poll happen, > it runs. > 2: If more that "X" bytes or "X" jobs build up for UUNET , I want it to > call anyway. Smail 3.1 allows configuration options for which systems have the -r flag (just queue, don't execute uucico) set in the uux command. You could probably hack something similar into smail 2.5 or write a little front-end for uux that checks the destination host on the command line and adds the -r before execing the real uux for uunet. For item 2, you would just need a cron job that peeks in the spool directory or runs uustat and starts up a uucico under the specified conditions - a simple shell script should suffice (hmm... the uux front-end could be a script as well). Les Mikesell les@chinet.chi.il.us