[plug] Simplest POP dial-in sequence ?

[The Thought Assassin]

On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Mike wrote:
> Um <cough>, Am considering using an embedded system with an 8bit micro
> running at 11MHz and external modem to send an email to a recipient...
> ie. I want the embedded system to:-
> a.	dial my ISP
> b.	Connect at most efficient means 'ppp' or smtp or whatever
> c.	Send a short email message - around 128 chars max
> d.	Log off

You don't want to do tcp/ip in this situation. Make sure your dialup
account goes to a terminal server that will let you log in to a unix shell
server with the "mail" command, or lacking that some kind of command
prompt with a telnet program, then telnet to the appropriate smtp port.

The hard part will be handling the serial device and modem with good
enough flow control, but the chances are your particular hardware will
have software written for it to do just that. The rest is fairly easy.

-Greg Mildenhall