These may be of interest to offline / modem users. In fact, not all depend on ppp.
exim-queue-remover/editor is for use offline before one connects their modem.
wanttoquitsoon asks me if I want
to hang up the modem before "another coin drops" into the phone
company's coffers. Uses xmessage.
connect-time-summary tells us how much ISP time we've used this month.
noffle/leafnode news queue lister/editor/remover is for use offline before one connects their modem.
noffle-newgroups shows new groups added to your noffle in the last given days.
noffle-wipe-last-request removes regretted accidental requests for articles.
function noffle-dump-group(){ cut -f5 /var/spool/noffle/overview/$1|xargs -n 1 noffle -a;} #Dump all article bodies for one given group, to e.g. pipe to grep. Doesn't cause new requests.
function noffle_search_group(){ noffle -g|awk -F\\t '$1~'/$@/'{print $6,$1}'|sort -k 2;}
Last modified: Mon Jul 25 02:28:38 +0800 2005