This should work similarly under freebsd. The only real difference would be the dbmail startup script. Instead of /etc/init.d/dbmail, it'll be /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dbmail.sh
<snip> I use a simple keep-alive script triggered from cron :-(... like thiz: -------------------------------- #!/bin/sh send_alert() { hour=`date +%H` mailto=$MAILTO_HI if [ "$hour" -gt "20" -o "$hour" -lt "8" ]; then mailto=$MAILTO_LO fi mail -s "[${WHEREAMI}:$1]" $MAILTO </dev/null } restart_dbmail() { # send_alert "DeferredDbmailRestartAlert" /etc/init.d/dbmail restart } check_dbmail() { timeout -1 2 nc -w 5 localhost imap 2>/dev/null |\ head -1|grep -E '\* OK' || return 1 return 0 } dolog() { msg="$@" echo "$0: $msg" logger -t "$0" "$msg" } check_dbmail || restart_dbmail </snip> Regards, S ________________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Abdullah Ibn Hamad Sent: 12 September 2005 12:56 To: DBMail MailingList Subject: [Dbmail] FreeBSD keep-alive script ? Hello, Regarding Paul post http://mailman.fastxs.net/pipermail/dbmail/2005-August/007099.html Is there a way to do that in FreeBSD? Timout is package for linux and not for FreeBSD. Regards, -Abdullah ________________________________________ Find your next car at Yahoo! Canada Autos