I added my isp's primary and secondary dns ip addresses to my
resolve.conf and it works!
thanks!
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000618 19:28]:
>
>
> On Sun, 18 Jun 2000, Richard Spencer wrote:
>
> > I'm interested in checking e-mail and connecting to the Internet
> > without a GUI interface like kppp.
> > I followed Lawson's ppp micro-howto and managed to connect to my
> > service provider with pppd and chat.
>
> At this point, the ppp micro-howto only tells how to work ppp. ppp don'
> need no steenking dns, but you will have a hard time using any network
> services without the resolver knows the address of a name server.
>
> > Unfortunately, I got the following message when I tried
> > to run fetchmail:
> >
> > fetchmail: 5.0.0 querying pop3.uol.com.br (protocol POP3) at Sun, 18
> Jun
> > 2000 18:06:41 -0300 (GMT+3)
> > fetchmail: POP3 connection to pop3.uol.com.br failed: temporary name
> > server error
> > fetchmail: Query status=2
> > fetchmail: normal termination, status 2
> >
> > My /etc/resolve.conf file consists of a single word (w/out quotes):
> >
> > 'search'
> >
> > and I was wondering if I should add the IP addresses of my ISP's
> > name servers?
>
> If you do, it will make fetchmail much happier.
>
> search <isp's domain name>
> nameserver <ip of primary nameserver>
> nameserver <ip of secondary nameserver>
>
> >
> > Also, why would DNS resolution function with kppp,
> > but not when I run my scripts for pppd and chat?
>
> I will have to look into that. Did you tell kppp tha addresses of the
> nameservers when you set it up? Maybe it sticks them into resolve.conf
> when it starts and takes them out when it stops? In a way that would
> make sense. You don't want to be querying name servers you can only get
> to by ppp when ppp isn't up.
> >
> > TIA,
> > Richard
> > --
> > Running Linux 2.2.5, RedHat 6.0
> > & the K Desktop Environment
> > (windows break)
> >
> Lawson
> >< Microsoft free environment
>
> This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
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