[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
OT: Can expect be used to check whether an AOL pop is alive ?
Hello,
I have a problem. I'd like to know if expect can be used to determine if
an AOL pop answers the phone and forwards data or not. I have a problem
with a user who dials the AOL access number and then nothing happens.
Modem etc is ok. I'd like to have an expect script double check that
before a real complaint is started.
When dialing with minicom, I see a connect and then absolutely nothing,
although my ears are saying that there is data in there. Is this some sort
of trick ? And can it be done ? i.e. recognize some sort of dumb string
AOL sends out by expect and consider the pop is alive ?
Peter