[plug] Detecting Network Settings for mail server

[Tim White]

I wish to start running all my mail through a system MTA and SMTP in 
preperation for a mail system change over. As I need to download my mail 
from a pop server I am going to use fetchmail. The biggest problem is 
that the computer running the mail system is not the gateway so I can't 
have pon and poff scripts (Apart from the fact the gateway is a windoz 
box.) What I want to do is run fetchmail as a daemon checking mail every 
10 minutes when online. I also need exim to send my mail which obviously 
needs to sit in a queue. I can probably let it just poll the server 
every 10 mins but I don't know if thats the best way, especially for the 
SMTP server as it would think that the host is down.
I currently use Thunderbird and enjoy it getting mail when online every 
10 mins and I have the power to go offline.
Something like this would be nice. I don't really want to have to run a 
command every few minutes to check if I have new mail.
Tim