Host Lookup "Failed:mail.access4free.com: Unknown REason" With such a cryptic message I dont know where to look. What are the step by step instructions for dialup? I find no simple directions in the installed help. CWSIV ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> access4free.com
;; global options: printcmd
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
CWSIV
On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 22:48:53 +0100 Jonathan Lim
On Tuesday 21 October 2003 8:26 pm, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
Host Lookup "Failed:mail.access4free.com: Unknown REason"
What happens when you type: dig mail.access4free.com
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On Wednesday 22 October 2003 5:47 am, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> access4free.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
That's not a good sign. You cannot connect to your DNS server(s). Possible reasons: - /etc/resolv.conf contains incorrect nameserver entries - your routing is setup incorrectly - there is a non functioning connection at some point Can you connect to your ISP okay? Jon -- SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) Linux 2.4.20-4GB-athlon
Host Lookup "Failed:mail.access4free.com: Unknown REason" With such a cryptic message I dont know where to look. What are the step by step instructions for dialup? I find no simple directions in the installed help.
Evolution's name lookup for that host appears to have failed, given that there could be many reasons for this, it doesn't know why. You say you use dialup - are you dialled up when you try to get your mail? Don't expect Evolution to do that for you, it's not a dialup program, it's a mail/PIM program. If you are dialled up, if your ISP correctly assigning DNS servers to you? (Check /etc/resolv.conf for this) James -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james@rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter@myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.2). GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 13:03:46 +0100 Jonathan Lim
On Wednesday 22 October 2003 5:47 am, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
; <<>> DiG 9.2.2 <<>> access4free.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
That's not a good sign.
You cannot connect to your DNS server(s).
Possible reasons: - /etc/resolv.conf contains incorrect nameserver entries - your routing is setup incorrectly - there is a non functioning connection at some point
Can you connect to your ISP okay?
Only in windows on the other box. /etc/resolv.conf domain local CWSIV ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
On Wednesday 22 October 2003 5:23 pm, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
Only in windows on the other box. /etc/resolv.conf
domain local
Okay, so your problem is you have no nameservers. This occurs when you haven't manually set them, or you have not been dynamically allocated them. From your other emails I would guess it's the latter. So first thing you want to do is get your network running. This means sorting out connection to your ISP. Please describe your setup. Are you using a modem? Do you have a small LAN (ethernet)? Cable modem? DSL modem? Jon -- SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) Linux 2.4.20-4GB-athlon
External modem.
I tried setup with kinternet and to setup the modem with Yast2 as root.
What config files do you need?
The ISP is www.access-4-free.com
The primary dns is 12.155.212.1
the secondary dns is 12.155.208.3
in mail.access-4-free.com
out smtp.access-4-free.com
Phone 2052041
CWSIV
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 17:53:12 +0100 Jonathan Lim
On Wednesday 22 October 2003 5:23 pm, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
Only in windows on the other box. /etc/resolv.conf
domain local
Okay, so your problem is you have no nameservers. This occurs when you haven't manually set them, or you have not been dynamically allocated them. from your other emails I would guess it's the latter.
So first thing you want to do is get your network running. This means sorting out connection to your ISP.
Please describe your setup. Are you using a modem? Do you have a small LAN0 (ethernet)? Cable modem? DSL modem?
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On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 07:47:36 +0100 James Ogley
Host Lookup "Failed:mail.access4free.com: Unknown REason" With such a cryptic message I dont know where to look. What are the step by step instructions for dialup? I find no simple directions in the installed help.
Evolution's name lookup for that host appears to have failed, given that there could be many reasons for this, it doesn't know why.
You say you use dialup - are you dialled up when you try to get your mail? Don't expect Evolution to do that for you, it's not a dialup program, it's a mail/PIM program.
If you are dialled up, if your ISP correctly assigning DNS servers to you? (Check /etc/resolv.conf for this)
James --
If Evolution is not a mail handler why does it have a setup routine for dialup and a button for get and send mail? CWSIV ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
If Evolution is not a mail handler why does it have a setup routine for dialup and a button for get and send mail?
No, I said it *is* a mail handler, not a dialup handler. I've never seen Evolution try to setup a dialup link, and I've been using it since it's very first 0.1 release. As for the get & send mail button, I find that very helpful for getting my mail from my POP server at home. It also comes in handy if you are on a dialup link, and want to wail till you're connected before delivering previously composed emails. Neither of these things imply that Evolution will bring up the dialup link for you. -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james@rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter@myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.2). GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org
I am not running a server for my mail I use dialup.
How is it possible to use Evolution and be able to get and send email?
CWSIV
On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 19:06:21 +0100 James Ogley
If Evolution is not a mail handler why does it have a setup routine for dialup and a button for get and send mail?
No, I said it *is* a mail handler, not a dialup handler.
I've never seen Evolution try to setup a dialup link, and I've been using it since it's very first 0.1 release.
As for the get & send mail button, I find that very helpful for getting my mail from my POP server at home.
It also comes in handy if you are on a dialup link, and want to wail till you're connected before delivering previously composed emails.
Neither of these things imply that Evolution will bring up the dialup link for you. -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james@rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter@myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.2). GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org
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