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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:newbie-owner@;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Derek Jennings
> Sent: 10 November 2002 22:14
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] KDE KMail 1.4.3: "Unknown Host" Error Message---R
> E P L Y 0 2
>
>
> SNIP
> > > Can you browse the Internet?
> >
> > Not in Linux.
> >
> > > If not take a look at the contents of the /etc/resolv.conf file
> > > and let us
> > > know what you see in there.
> >
> > # search localdomain
> > search localdomain ntlworld.com
> >
> > # ppp temp entry
> >
>
>
> OK your problem is not an email problem, it is a name resolution
> configuration
> problem Easiest way to fix it is to edit that /etc/resolv.conf
> file (It can
> be done by GUI as well but this is quicker)
>
> /etc/resolv.conf is a system file so only root user is allowed to
> edit it.
> Easiest way to edit a file as root is
>
> KMenu>Applications>FileTools>FileManager(SuperUserMode)
>
> give the root password when prompted and then navigate in the GUI to
> /etc/resolv.conf, right click on the file and select 'Openwith>kedit'
>
> A text editor will appear. Edit the file to look like this and save
>
> # search localdomain
> search localdomain
> nameserver 194.168.4.100
> nameserver 194.168.8.100
>
>
> # ppp temp entry
>
>
> I take it, this computer only has a dial up interface? There is
> no networking
> to other computers?
An external MODEM only is used to access an ISP. There is just the one PC
and there is not a network interface card installed.
The system file "resolv.conf" was edited to
# search localdomain
search localdomain
nameserver 194.168.4.100
nameserver 194.168.8.100
# ppp temp entry
but the PC was not rebooted.
In KMail, File, Send Queued, the following error message appeared:
Sending failed:
Could not connect to host 62.253.162.40.
In KMail, File, Check Mail, the following error message appeared:
Could not connect to host 62.253.162.50.
>
>
> BTW: The snazzy way to perform edits in Linux is to highlight
> text you want to
> copy, move the mouse to where you want to paste it, and then
> press the centre
> button (wheel) to paste it. Much easier than all that Ctl C/V malarky.
I didn't know of that method of file copying.
Daniel
>
> derek
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