[plug] Dial up and email Scripts

[Craig Ringer]

Hmm... you may wish to consider moving your goals a bit in the interests 
of a more friendly environment.

I /strongly/ suggest you have them use kppp rather than pon/poff etc - 
feedback is far more useful with that configuration and its useful to 
new users.

Sylpheed may have "pre-mail-check" and "post-mail-check" hooks to call 
external scripts, in which case you may be able to call kppp and tell it 
to dial (man kppp, but as an example "kppp -c myaccount -q") and 
disconnect (kppp -k). If not, perhaps a little training might take the 
place of automation - it cannot be too hard for the user to dial out and 
disconnect manually ; this also gives them greater control over 
disconnection time and call costs if they're going to respond to mail 
immediately.

Kppp will provide the feedback you need.

I'm somewhat surprised that you say "p.s. I have had no experience with 
Linux in Dial up and Emails (sending or checking)" but are setting up 
somebody else (computer illiterate?) with such. Are you going to be able 
to provide the support they'll need? I don't mean to sound like I'm 
being overly negative, just pointing out that its usually best to become 
thouroughly familiar with something through personal use before 
reccomending it to others or setting it up for others.

Craig Ringer