On Monday 28 February 2005 18:43, Michael Sullivan wrote: > All machines are using the same /etc/hosts file. I > copied it over using scp. I'm having major DNS > problems here though. I tried to connect to > espersunited.com port 143 through telnet and > encountered a courier-imap server. I'm using > dovecot.....
So... I'll just reiterate my advice once again, shall I ? 1) emerge bind-tools 2) host espersunited.com You will undoubtedly find out that the address is not what you expect. Or to make it even simpler for you, I'll lookup espersunited.com for you: # dig espersunited.com a espersunited.com. 3600 IN A 63.96.137.4 Now this obviously isn't a typical LAN ipnumber, so this probably pushes you in the right direction. In fact, why do you persist in using this host / domainname instead of the actual hosts- entry for your target machine ? Some extra advice (again): You need to work your way through network problems in a structured way, step by step, lest you lose track of what's actually wrong. One correct way to handle problems like you're experiencing would be: 1 [On the mailserver machine] telnet localhost 143 _Only_ if this step works continue to step 2 2 [On the mailserver machine] telnet mailserver-IP-number 143 _Only_ if this step works continue to step 3 3 [On a client machine] telnet mailserver-IP-number 143 _Only_ if this step works continue to step 4 4 [On a client machine] telnet mailserver-DNSdomainname 143 If you got to step 4, problem solved. Maarten -- [email protected] mailing list
