[Sheflug] demand dialing initialisation

[ross <nospam [at] ntlworld.com>]

hi all,

i wondered if someone knows how to resolve this prob with dialup.

i use pppd in demand mode. however, if the initial dialup fails (ie line 
busy...etc) i get dns lookup failures being reported by the initiating app.

is there a way to avoid this (bar modifying source and recompiling)

how do i reduce the redial time outs for pppd (man pages don't help i'm 
afraid)

the reason i'm looking at this is that this is the only reason i have for 
configuring other offline mailing options (ie sendmail, postfix) is that they 
avoid this inconvienience but i don't seem to have much luck with these even 
when i do follow tutorials word for word!
-- 
Thanks,
        Ross
               ross.h [at] ntlworld.com
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