Normally it is in \WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\ It is used to override normal DNS settings for a domain (or to create settings when no DNS entry exists). It is _possible_ that for some reason an administrator might have decded not to allows users of the machine to access gmail.com and put an entry into that file - seems unlikely though.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JT Hoar Sent: 16 October 2006 16:59 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] Problem sending to Gmail accounts Where would the HOSTS file be found? On Mon, 2006-10-16 at 15:47 +0100, Diarmaid Mac Aonghusa wrote: > Have you looked in the HOSTS file to ensure there isn't some bogus data in > there for gmail.com? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JT Hoar > Sent: 16 October 2006 15:40 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [IMail Forum] Problem sending to Gmail accounts > > I have users complaining that they cannot send to @gmail.com users. I > checked the Imail SMTP logs and I see that its kicking back an error. > Invalid User. It shows Imail checking "HOSTS" then the next line is > invalid user [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It doesn't seem its a gmail server response. it seems its the same > syntax if a user didn't exist locally on the imail server. Anyone else > run into this problem? > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > List Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
