Before I start throwing out ideas that I'm sure aren't new to readers here, I have a simple question that perhaps I should post to comp.unix.questions or comp.lang.perl, but.... Can I, and how would I, get a perl script to kick in and send out mail every few minutes when I am NOT logged in. Is this possible on Netcom?
Rather than try to run in some asynchronous mode as you suggest, why not do the following when each message arrives: place message in your queue, designating random hold time foreach message in the queue that's been held long enough send random number (1<=n<=3) dummy messages send the queued message send random number (1<=n<=5) dummy messages The whole thing remains data-driven while you're not logged in and can be manually flushed if you are logged in. So long as there is a steady stream of traffic, messages won't get stalled for long times. You could even send some 'activation' messages at controlled intervals from some comfortable site (where you can use cron), routed via another remailer. Just some ideas off the top of my head.