Re: [CentOS] Could not connect to host box.domain.tld

2008-01-25 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 16:09 +0100, mouss wrote: Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 22:46 +0100, mouss wrote: Craig White wrote: well, the opportune time to switch is probably when you are starting to set up a new mail server. Dovecot is mostly featureless POP3/IMAP

Re: [CentOS] Could not connect to host box.domain.tld

2008-01-25 Thread mouss
Craig White wrote: On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 16:09 +0100, mouss wrote: Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 22:46 +0100, mouss wrote: Craig White wrote: well, the opportune time to switch is probably when you are starting to set up a new mail server. Dovecot

Re: [CentOS] Could not connect to host box.domain.tld

2008-01-25 Thread mouss
Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 22:46 +0100, mouss wrote: Craig White wrote: well, the opportune time to switch is probably when you are starting to set up a new mail server. Dovecot is mostly featureless POP3/IMAP Come on. is it holy war time again? should I shoot

[CentOS] Could not connect to host box.domain.tld

2008-01-24 Thread Anne Wilson
I have used fetchmail/procmail/postfix/dovecot/kmail for some time on my mail server, and have set this up on three or four machines in the past. I'm now setting up a new server and having problems. I've reached the thinking-in-circles stage, so need a prompt. The box in question is called

Re: [CentOS] Could not connect to host box.domain.tld

2008-01-24 Thread Alain Spineux
On Jan 24, 2008 12:53 PM, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have used fetchmail/procmail/postfix/dovecot/kmail for some time on my mail server, and have set this up on three or four machines in the past. I'm now setting up a new server and having problems. I've reached the

Re: [CentOS] Could not connect to host box.domain.tld

2008-01-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 24 Jan 2008, Alain Spineux wrote: On Jan 24, 2008 12:53 PM, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have used fetchmail/procmail/postfix/dovecot/kmail for some time on my mail server, and have set this up on three or four machines in the past. I'm now setting up a new server and

Re: [CentOS] Could not connect to host box.domain.tld

2008-01-24 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 15:24 +, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 24 Jan 2008, Alain Spineux wrote: On Jan 24, 2008 12:53 PM, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have used fetchmail/procmail/postfix/dovecot/kmail for some time on my mail server, and have set this up on three or four

Re: [CentOS] Could not connect to host box.domain.tld

2008-01-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 24 Jan 2008, Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 15:24 +, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 24 Jan 2008, Alain Spineux wrote: On Jan 24, 2008 12:53 PM, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have used fetchmail/procmail/postfix/dovecot/kmail for some time on my

Re: [CentOS] Could not connect to host box.domain.tld

2008-01-24 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 16:30 +, Anne Wilson wrote: That looks a bit odd. Apart from that, I can't see anything relevant. the first 4 lines of /etc/hosts should look like this and apparently, yours doesn't... # head -n 4 /etc/hosts # Do not remove the following line,

Re: [CentOS] Could not connect to host box.domain.tld

2008-01-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 24 January 2008 16:38:49 Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 16:30 +, Anne Wilson wrote: this is what I was responding to... # telnet localhost 110 .. # telnet localhost 143 .. Both these produce ''Temporary failure in name resolution'. so it seemed

Re: [CentOS] Could not connect to host box.domain.tld

2008-01-24 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 18:59 +, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 24 January 2008 16:38:49 Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 16:30 +, Anne Wilson wrote: this is what I was responding to... # telnet localhost 110 .. # telnet localhost 143 .. Both

Re: [CentOS] Could not connect to host box.domain.tld

2008-01-24 Thread Anne Wilson
On Thursday 24 January 2008 19:22:19 Craig White wrote: http://centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=3 there may be a 3rd party repo that has a more recent build available but I am not aware of such. I'm told that atrpms has one. Do the problems of conflicting third-party repos still

Re: [CentOS] Could not connect to host box.domain.tld

2008-01-24 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 19:32 +, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 24 January 2008 19:22:19 Craig White wrote: http://centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=3 there may be a 3rd party repo that has a more recent build available but I am not aware of such. I'm told that atrpms

Re: [CentOS] Could not connect to host box.domain.tld

2008-01-24 Thread mouss
Craig White wrote: well, the opportune time to switch is probably when you are starting to set up a new mail server. Dovecot is mostly featureless POP3/IMAP Come on. is it holy war time again? should I shoot over cyrus software now or should we keep this list clean? If you like cryus

Re: [CentOS] Could not connect to host box.domain.tld

2008-01-24 Thread Craig White
On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 22:46 +0100, mouss wrote: Craig White wrote: well, the opportune time to switch is probably when you are starting to set up a new mail server. Dovecot is mostly featureless POP3/IMAP Come on. is it holy war time again? should I shoot over cyrus software now