Dave Mielke wrote:
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> I don't think that this is the explanation for the problem at hand, but, since
> it's still an error, I'll point it out. No two entries in this file should have
> the same name. By doing "nslookup <address>', e.g. "nslookup 206.105.172.2",
> you can determine the correct names to fill in. 206.105.172.2 should be
> dns.inetone.net, and 204.117.214.10 should be ns1.sprintlink.net.
OK, this was pointed out by another list member, and I did fix it.
>
> >I don't have an /etc/nsswitch.conf, and didn't even know I was supposed
> >to have until you mentioned it. I did find and read the man page for
> >it, but haven't had time to really study it.
>
> This may be your problem, because "gethostbyname" uses the "hosts" entry in
> "/etc/nsswitch.conf" in order to determine where to lookup host names. Try
> adding the following line to this file:
>
> hosts: files nis dns
OK, I did that, too, and fetchmail *still* doesn't work; I'm still
getting the "gethostbyname failed" message every time I try.
Again, thanks for helping...This is really getting tiring...
Carlyle
