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Re: fetchmail and DNS resolution



On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 01:29:31PM -0700, Mike McClain wrote:
>     I lost a hard drive and am attempting to restore it.
> In a new bare installation of Sarge I can browse the web
> with no problems. I can fetch my mail with this entry in 
> ~/.fetchmailrc:
> poll "66.63.128.171" protocol pop3
>     user "mike.junk" with pass "xxxxxx" is "mike" here
>         forcecr smtpaddress localhost fetchall
> but with this entry:
> poll pop3.nethere.net protocol pop3
>     user "mike.junk" with pass "xxxxxx" is "mike" here
>         forcecr smtpaddress localhost fetchall
> I get this error and no mail:
> POP3 connection to pop3.nethere.net failed: temporary name server error.
> yet the identical entry in Etch's .fetchmailrc works and this entry
> used to work in Sarge.
> 
> root@/deb31c:~/mike> cat /etc/resolv.conf
> # /deb31/etc/resolv.conf for NetHere
> domain nethere.com
> nameserver 66.63.128.34
> nameserver 66.63.128.50

nethere.net or nethere.com ??

> 
> I've googled/explored/checked everything I can think of.
> Suggestions?
> 
> TIA,
> Mike
> 
> 
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