On Mon, 2018-12-17 at 21:16 +0000, Richard Bown wrote: > Hi > I've been trying to help Ed with his comcast connection > > Something I've noticed, On the settings if you put in the email > address > of [email protected] , Evo fills in the correct settings. > BUt if you then click on "check for supported types" > you get a Red error message saying it cant resolve > imap.comcast.net > So I did a DNS lookup > > $ dig imap.comcast.net > > ; <<>> DiG 9.11.3-1ubuntu1.3-Ubuntu <<>> imap.comcast.net > ;; global options: +cmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 23624 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 17, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1 > > ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: > ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494 > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;imap.comcast.net. IN A > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > imap.comcast.net. 241 IN CNAME imap.ge.xfinity.com. > imap.ge.xfinity.com. 30 IN A 96.115.230.66 > imap.ge.xfinity.com. 30 IN A 96.115.229.76 > imap.ge.xfinity.com. 30 IN A 96.115.228.78 > imap.ge.xfinity.com. 30 IN A 96.115.234.20 > imap.ge.xfinity.com. 30 IN A 96.115.227.72 > imap.ge.xfinity.com. 30 IN A 96.115.225.204 > imap.ge.xfinity.com. 30 IN A 96.115.229.28 > imap.ge.xfinity.com. 30 IN A 96.115.227.65 > imap.ge.xfinity.com. 30 IN A 96.115.228.201 > imap.ge.xfinity.com. 30 IN A 96.115.228.127 > imap.ge.xfinity.com. 30 IN A 96.115.228.69 > imap.ge.xfinity.com. 30 IN A 96.115.224.234 > imap.ge.xfinity.com. 30 IN A 96.115.227.17 > imap.ge.xfinity.com. 30 IN A 96.115.229.49 > imap.ge.xfinity.com. 30 IN A 96.115.228.213 > imap.ge.xfinity.com. 30 IN A 96.115.228.148 > > ;; Query time: 179 msec > ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53) > ;; WHEN: Mon Dec 17 20:51:11 GMT 2018 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 334 > > One thing thats very noticeable , apart from the CNAME to > imap.ge.xinfinity.com > is the query time > 179 msec thats long !! > I wonder if that's the problem that evo's lookup is timing out > before the server address is resolved. > It would explain the errors messages > > A bit more info which seems to verify this I entered 96.115.227.72 as the incoming mail server and clicked on "check supported types" after about 4 minutes I got the Cert info asking if I wanted to accept clicked on yes and the type box was no longer greyed out
I think xinfinity is an good name for their servers as for a computer it take nearly infinity to get an answer -- Best wishes /73 Richard Bown Email : [email protected] HTTP : http://www.g8jvm.com ###################################################################### Ham Call: G8JVM . QRV: 50-432 MHz + Microwave Maidenhead QRA: IO82SP38, LAT. 52 39.720' N LONG. 2 28.171 W QRV 6mtrs 200W, 4mtrs 150W, 2mtrs 300W, 70cms 200W, Microwave 1296MHz 140W, 2320MHz 100W & 10368MHz 5W OS: Linux Mint 19 x86_64 Tara, on a Dell Inspiron N5030 laptop ###################################################################### _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
