Re: pop login scripts?

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Author: Mike
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To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: pop login scripts?
Nathan England wrote:

>I need to have a mail server run a script when a user logs in. Anyone know how
>to do this? Or any specific pop server that can handle this?
>Basically, I have external clients connecting to a machine to check their mail
>from that machine. But everyone is complaining about my using fetchmail. I
>have it set to fetch the mail every 5 minutes. But some clients are
>complaining that that is too long. So I am wondering if there is a way for
>the system to fetch their mail when the pop is accessed. ??
>
>I'm stumped, but not really sure what to look for. Any ideas would be greatly
>appreciated!
>
>Nathan
>
>

Do you have any control over the actual mail server? Cuz if you do
couldn't you just have something like procmail deliver their email to
both machines as it comes in?

-Mike
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