Re: A small how-to - request for comments

[Dave Vehrs <davev@ezrs.com>]

Thomas,

An alternative configuration for Fetchmail for those that prefer to
start it on a per user basis.

Add the following to the users .bashrc:
 CONF_FILE="$HOME/.fetchmailrc"
 PID_FILE="$HOME/.fetchmail.pid"
 FETCHMAIL="/usr/bin/fetchmail"
 TSOCKS="/usr/bin/tsocks"

 function FetchMailAlive () {
   if test -f $CONF_FILE && test -f $FETCHMAIL; then  
     if test -f $PID_FILE; then 
       if ! kill -0 `cut -d \  -f1 $PID_FILE` 2>/dev/null; then
         eval $($TSOCKS $FETCHMAIL)
         echo New FetchMail started. >&2
       fi
     else   
       eval $($TSOCKS $FETCHMAIL)
       echo New FetchMail started. >&2
     fi
   else
     echo Fetchmail not installed or configured properly. >&2
   fi
 }

 # Call it
 FetchMailAlive

Then it checks for a running fetchmail daemon everytime a new shell
is openned and starts one if needed.

Thanks,

Dave V.


On 16:47 Aug.25.2004, Thomas Sj?gren said:
> From: Thomas Sjögren <thomas@northernsecurity.net>
> To: or-talk@freehaven.net
> Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 16:47:49 +0200
> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040803i
> Subject: A small how-to - request for comments
>
> Hi,
> I wrote up a small guide on how to use Tor with various software a
> couple of days ago.
> The document is available at
> http://www.northernsecurity.net/articles/torify.html
>
> Comments on typos, software missing from the guide etc etc are welcome.
>
> /Thomas
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> == Encrypted e-mails preferred | GPG KeyID: 114AA85C
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