Re: configuring kmail
On Friday 26 January 2001 22:14, Tim&Pep wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Okay, I'm sorry if this is an idiotic question. I just successfully
> completed my installation of KDE, (thanks Ivan!) and now I'm trying
> to configure kmail. I've read the instructions in the help file and
> tried to carry them out but I get an "unknown host" error when I
> try to receive mail. (I'm using a different OS right now which is
> why I can email.). I'm entering the info just as I would here in
> windoze (okay I confess) which I suspect is probably wrong. I.e.
>
> SMTP server: pacific.net.ph
>
> incoming mail server: pacific.net.ph
>
> Clearly this is wrong in the context Linux, but I'm clueless as to
> what's right. I suppose it's related to the fact that under linux
> my machine has it's own hostname. ("pudgy" - don't ask). So does
> that have to get worked in somehow? Or do I have to use sendmail?
> Thanks.
>
> Tim
> SMTP server: pacific.net.ph
Server: smtp.pacific.net.ph
# OR
Server: pop2.pacific.net.ph
Port: 25
> incoming mail server: pacific.net.ph
Host: po.pacific.net.ph
Port: 110
Your friends here are dnsutils (provides, among other things,
dnsquery and nslookup)
debian:/home/penguin# apt-get install dnsutils
debian:~$ dnsquery www.pacific.net.ph
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 40892
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL:
2
;; www.pacific.net.ph, type = ANY, class = IN
www.pacific.net.ph. 15M IN CNAME shoot.pacific.net.ph.
pacific.net.ph. 15M IN NS ns1.pacific.net.ph.
pacific.net.ph. 15M IN NS ns2.pacific.net.ph.
ns1.pacific.net.ph. 15M IN A 210.23.234.33
ns2.pacific.net.ph. 15M IN A 210.23.234.65
debian:~$ dnsquery smtp.pacific.net.ph
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 24251
;; flags: qr aa rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL:
2
;; smtp.pacific.net.ph, type = ANY, class = IN
smtp.pacific.net.ph. 15M IN CNAME pop2.pacific.net.ph.
pacific.net.ph. 15M IN NS ns1.pacific.net.ph.
pacific.net.ph. 15M IN NS ns2.pacific.net.ph.
ns1.pacific.net.ph. 15M IN A 210.23.234.33
ns2.pacific.net.ph. 15M IN A 210.23.234.65
Hehe, even extracts the name servers from ISPs with clueless tech
support (needs a working name server though).
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