hello all:

fetchmail is giving problems again. on offline if i give "fetchmail -v" 
the output is:

fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS name of pop3.eth.net

on online the output:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 975
fetchmail: POP3< 1 b9e00000.eml
fetchmail: POP3< .
1 message for kumarayil at pop3.eth.net (977 octets).
fetchmail: POP3> LIST
fetchmail: POP3< +OK 1 977
fetchmail: POP3< 1 977
fetchmail: POP3< .
fetchmail: POP3> TOP 1 99999999
fetchmail: POP3< +OK Headers + 99999999 lines.
reading message 1 of 1 (977 octets)
fetchmail: SMTP connect to kumarayil failed
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
fetchmail: POP3> QUIT
fetchmail: POP3<
fetchmail: SMTP transaction error while fetching from pop3.eth.net


my .fetchmailrc
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
# set syslog
set postmaster root
set no bouncemail
set properties ""
defaults
     smtphost localhost kumarayil
     smtpaddress localhost
# fetch mails from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
poll pop3.eth.net with proto POP3;
nodns, aka localhost.localdomain
user kumarayil is dileep here
password *********
# fetch mails from eudoramail.com
poll eudoramail.com protocol POP3 timeout 120 uidl
user dileep.m.kumar there pass "******"  is dileep here

my /etc/hosts
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
127.0.0.1       kumarayil localhost


what could be the problem. i installed netscape and it is working fine. 
with the above configs my system was working perfectly till i 
reinstalled linux. pls. help me.

with warm regards

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Dileep Kumar M  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  http://www.kumarayil.org/
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