A small how-to - request for comments

[Dave Vehrs]

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 at northernsecurity.net>
>To: or-talk at 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
>-- 
>== Encrypted e-mails preferred | GPG KeyID: 114AA85C
>--


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