How do I set up my Linux system to autodial?
I'd be happy to provide any description that would be helpful. What
information would be useful
As for ppp, I ran pppconfig. As I previously posted, the related scripts to
test it did not reach dialtone. I have been trying to explore all this with
posts to the list, trying different workarounds and buying a slew of
O'Reilly texts
The response to nslookup perhaps confirms the autodial issue
*** can't find server name for address 204.255.246.17: No response from
server
*** can't find server name for address 204.255.246.18: No response from
server
*** Default servers are not available
David
----- Original Message -----
From: Ray Olszewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: davidturetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: fetchmail
> minicom wouldn't have a problem with name resolution, since it never does
> any. As to the problem you are experiencing with fetchmail ... how does
your
> workstation make a ppp connection to the Internet? It sounds like it is
not
> set up to autodial, resulting in the nameserver addresses in
> /etc/resolv.conf being unreachable (unless you started ppp menually before
> doing this).
>
> If you want real advice, though, you're going to have to provide a more
> detailed description of your setup.
>
> At 03:19 AM 8/5/00 -0700, davidturetsky wrote:
> >I just downloaded fetchmail from the Debian site and installed it
> >
> >when I run:
> >
> > fetchmail -v -k -p POP3 -u MSN/davidturetsky email.msn.com
> >
> >I get:
> >
> > fetchmail: 4.6.4 querying email.msn.com (protocol POP3)
> > fetchmail: POP3 connection to email.msn.com failed: temporary name
> server error
> > fetchmail: Query status=2
> > fetchmail: normal termination, status 2
> >
> >/etc/resolv.conf has the correct nameserver entries (minicom had no
problem)
> >
> >No dial tone was heard
>
> [html duplicate deleted]
>
>
>
> --
> ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
> Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
> Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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