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Re: OT: Can expect be used to check whether an AOL pop is alive ?
On Fri, 30 Oct 1998, guy keren wrote:
>
> On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Peter L. Peres wrote:
>
> > > PAP
> >
> > I use PAP with actom all the time. I don't want to use linux to dial AOL,
> > I want to check on a pop whether its computer is alive or not, so I can
> > flag this to a user who is otherwise trying to dial that number all the
> > time in vain.
>
> actcom's configuraiton is not PAP-only. that's why it also gives you a
> text message. i'd gather that AOL''s configuration _is_ PAP-only, so it
> won't spit any textual message at your software.
As you very well know, when you dial into anything that runs PPP it spits
characteristic garbage sequences at you before any kind of negotiation
takes place. This does not happen with that number. Anyway it's solved (by
itself) so I don't care anymore. I try to avoid AOL. I live with
Compuserve, somehow, and that's it. I'll give it up soon probably.
Peter