[antispam-f] Re: The enabling variable PPP$Connected
- From: Frank de Bruijn <antispam@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: antispam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2007 09:14:40 +0100
In article <4f4e14345blists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
John Williams <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I note that NewsHound and POPstar test the variable PPP$Connected to
> see if its value corresponds to TRUE. They do not autorun if the
> variable is set to a FALSE value of zero.
> The AntiSpam choices offers 'Only if PPP$Connected exists'.
> The Help suggests that this is literally true - if the variable
> exists, the automated repeating action will run /whatever value it is
> set to/.
Indeed.
> This action is significantly different from that described for the
> NewsHound and POPstar tests.
Actually, only the POPstar docs are clear on that. I can't find anything
in NewsHound's manual about the PPP$Connected variable.
> However, I have just waited past my set auto-repeat time with the
> value set to zero, and nothing has happened.
In that case the application log should have a line 'Connection variable
test failed' at that time. Does it?
> I tried it a second time, and it did download.
> So, which is it, a null value or a zero value, or does AntiSpam
> interpret a zero value as equivalent to a null value, in which case
> the Help needs to specify non-zero, and the template becomes
> ambiguous?
The code suggests that the entry in the manual is correct: the variable
must exist (i.e. must be non-empty) and the value it has shouldn't
matter.
> If it literally is 'exists', might it be better to be 'is true' in
> line with the other apps? Is there a reason why not?
No reason. This is how it was originally and I never changed it.
Changing it would be fairly easy. But I wonder if that wouldn't break
things for other users.
Any comments, anyone?
Regards,
Frank
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