Subj : Polling times
To   : Bill McGarrity
From : Dallas Hinton
Date : Sat Apr 26 2014 02:54 am

Hi Bill -- on Apr 25 2014 at 17:41, you wrote:

 DH> have: =====================
 DH> route-to 1:138/0.0 1:138/*
 DH> route-to 1:342/0.0 1:342/*
 DH> route-to 1:343/3.0 1:343/*
 DH> Hold 1:153/7041

BM> I am assuming 1:138/0 is your hub?  If so and you want to cover all
BM> 4 of Fido's zones for netmail, then try this:

BM> route-to 1:138/0 1* 2* 3* 4*
BM> except 1:342/*
BM> route-to 1:342/0.0 1:342/*
BM> except 1:343/*
BM> route-to 1:343/3.0 1:343/*
BM> HOLD 1:153/7041

Ahh -- I'm beginning to see!!

 DH> EVENT A
 DH> Unhold 1:153/7041

BM> You really don't need the above hold/unhold as it will stay in your
BM> outbound till the event A is run. The -fs stands for fetch and send.
BM> IF that node were to connect to you, then it would go.  If you don't
BM> want the other node the ability to pick up mail then use the
BM> hold/unhold option

 DH> EVENT B
 DH> hold 1:153/7041

BM> Again, if you want to keep the node from retrieving their own mail
BM> then leave this in. Just make sure event B runs right after A is
BM> finished.

If I don't have the hold and unhold lines, then do I even need to mention Event 
A and B in route.rex? There wouldn't be anything under them!
 DH> =============
 DH> And event manager for A says
 DH> all days, 00:00-24:00, run every 12:00 -fs 1:153/7041

BM> So you're polling every 12 hours. rather a long stretch between mail
BM> runs. :)  But it looks good...

Yes, that's the plan - I've one node who doesn't want me to hit him very often, 
the others seem happy with the every 1/2 hour irex seems to do by default!

Thanks!



Cheers... Dallas

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