On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 03:35:30PM -0600, David DeSimone wrote:
> Larry Lipstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I find with my mutt-1.0i running on UnixWare 2.1.3, with TERM=dtterm,
> > every time the timeout (or whatever) period expires and it checks for
> > new mail, the program emits a "make cursor visible", then stat()'s the
> > mail drop, then sends "make cursor invisible".
> >
> > This causes my poor (yet expensive) ISDN connection to demand-dial on
> > the timeout (or whatever) interval, even when I'm receiving no new mail.
>
> I can't see how this behavior would cause your modem to dial out and
> initiate a connection. I can see how it would keep a connection open
> when it would otherwise time out.
>
> Why do you think it's desirable that the connection time out? Then you
> won't be notified of new mail anymore. And if you don't care that new
> mail is coming in, then why are you wasting ISDN money by keeping the
> connection active?
>
> I'm sorry that I don't understand your situation.
It's not your fault, and thanks for your reply in spite of it. I have a
perhaps slightly unusual situation, in two ways. Maybe if I explain it,
it will inspire someone to answer.
1) My ISDN connection is demand-dialed bidirectionally. That is, when
traffic wants to go either way, me to ISP or ISP to me, the link is
brought up. This is very nice since it lets me use a small timeout but
has the downside of being quite expensive if it stays up "all the time".
As long as it's only up when I am actually passing traffic, it's fine.
2) My ISDN-homed machine is where mutt is running, and I am connecting
to it from a remote site via ssh. Therefore when I receive mail the ISP
dials the link and delivers the mail to me (SMTP). If I have mutt
running from outside, mutt would shortly notice the new mail and display
it - generally very shortly after it arrived.
Perhaps now you can see why it is that this adversely affects me. If I
leave mutt up, it keeps my ISDN link dialed full-time, which is
otherwise not necessary for anything I do. I have used elm this way for
years and it didn't do this. It doesn't produce any output at all unless
the mailbox changes.
So, any suggestions?
Larry
