turn off modem during the day

Mate Wierdl (mw@wierdlmpc.msci.memphis.edu)
Thu, 25 Sep 1997 03:36:38 +0200


Thanks to all who replied. I guess I should have read the Info page
more carefully, but at least I got a bit extra info like
 
 > What if I just simply turn the modem off
 > while I am in the office? Would mgetty get confused after a while, or
 > it will just report to the log file that the modem is off, and it will
 > get back to business as soon as the modem is turned on?
 
 It will complain a lot, fill up your whole hard disk with complaints,
 and finally go off and kill the dog :-)

Mate
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