MSGID: 1:229/354 5C980535
DW> I am attempting to set up an automatic poll to occur ever 
DW> so often. 6 hours at the moment. When I set the cron up to 
DW> poll my host with the settings 0 6 ( 0 min, 6 hours ) it 
DW> never goes off. What else am I missing?

DS> I don't know why it never fires, I would think that should fire at 0
DS> min, 6 hour.  (not every six hours).  I think that what you might 
DS> wantwould be 0 6,12,18,24 * * * .  I'm not 100% sure about the 24, 
DS> and to becautious I would set the cron to be something like 50 
DS> 5,11,17,23 * * *which would poll at 05:50, 11:50, 17:50 and 23:50.

DS> If that does not fire for you, then something else is wrong.

Thanks kindly. That may be my issue right there. I will play around more today.
Cheers
Darryl.
* SPITFIRE v3.6 ---[ Thunder-Storm BBS ]--- thunder-storm.ca:10023
--- Alexi/Mail 2.02b (UNREG)
 * Origin: Thunder Storm BBS         (1:229/354)
SEEN-BY: 15/2 123/1970 226/17 229/107 275 354 426 452 728 1014 240/5832
SEEN-BY: 249/206 317 280/464 292/854 317/3 322/757 342/200 393/68
SEEN-BY: 633/280
PATH: 229/354 426