From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from toccata.grg.afb.net(nyc-dyn-03a.cosmoweb.net[208.223.113.60]) (2435 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 12:51:13 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from localhost (janina@localhost) by toccata.grg.afb.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) with ESMTP id f2OHUAk03447 for ; Sat, 24 Mar 2001 12:30:14 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: toccata.grg.afb.net: janina owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 12:30:10 -0500 (EST) From: Janina Sajka X-X-Sender: To: Speakup List Subject: Re: Janina's mail problem. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII List-Id: Hi, Ari: Yes, nslookup 127.0.0.1 yields name = localhost. and nslookup localhost yields address 127.0.0.1 However, and here's the problem, I think: nslookup toccata.grg.afb.net yields: Server: 127.0.0.1 Address: 127.0.0.1#53 ** server can't find toccata.grg.afb.net.: NXDOMAIN On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Ari Moisio wrote: > Janina Sajka 23.03.01: > > HI Janina. > > Make sure localhost resolves 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.0.1 resolves > localhost with nothin trailing. Some distributions, Redhat iirc lacks a > period after > 127.0.0.1 localhost > in /etc/hosts and it makes resolver add it's own idea about domain of > 'localhost'. Try adding that period if it is not there.. > > HTH > > >Hi, Kirk: > >Thanks for the suggestion. I did as you suggested and temporarily moved > >the top line of /etc/hosts down to be the second line, so that > >toccata.grg.afb.net would be the first machine defined for address > >127.0.0.1. Regretably, this did not do the trick. The log of a fetchmail > >session is below. > > > ...ei rommi flunssaan auta mutta ompahan mukavampi sairastaa... > -- Janina Sajka, Director Technology Research and Development Governmental Relations Group American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) Email: janina@afb.net Phone: (202) 408-8175 Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.html Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html