> The DNS servers are configured statically, but they are a property > of the connection. I don't have a LAN, so once I'm disconnected, > there are no DNS settings.
Aha! Precisely what I was wondering. No DNS at all = no "unreachable" transient errors = all errors are permanent. > I guess that IMail will work over dial-up from a server on a LAN but won't > work over dial-up from a standalone server (because in the absence of any > network connection, there are no DNS settings.) Exactly. > Unless it's possible to configure DNS servers as a system-wide rather than > connection-specific property? It is. You can install the MS Loopback adapter to accomplish this without a physical network connection. -Sandy ------------------------------------ Sanford Whiteman, Chief Technologist Broadleaf Systems, a division of Cypress Integrated Systems, Inc. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
