#!/bin/sh
  # transmail.sh: exchanges email with the provider.
  # Author:       Bernhard Hailer <dl4mhk@lrz.uni-muenchen.de>
  # Version:      4.0 (29-Dec-96)

  PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin

  . /etc/connect.provider
  . /etc/connect.secrets

  cd /                                # against PATH=. effect 

  echo -----------------------------------------------------------------------
  echo -e "Starting mail transfer: \c"; date

  . /sbin/connect on

  echo "Checking mail server..."
  set `ping -qc3 -i1 getmail | grep transmitted`
  if [ $4 -gt 0 ]      
  then
    echo ":-) Mail server online - starting mail exchange"  
    echo "Sending mail..."
    sendmail -q
    echo "Again sleeping 1 sec for PPP handshaking"
    sleep 1
    echo "Fetching mail..."
    popclient -3 -u $MAIL_LOGIN -p $MAIL_PASSWD -o $MAIL_PATH getmail
    echo "Again sleeping 1 sec for PPP handshaking"
    sleep 1
  else
    echo ":-[ Sorry - mail server is down. Try later..." 
  fi  

  . /sbin/connect off

  # allow dl4mhk access to mail:
  chown dl4mhk.users /var/spool/mail/dl4mhk

  echo -e "Finished mail transfer: \c"; date