Thanks for the responses. I tried "apt-get . . .", but it failed because, of course, DNS doesn't work so the package server(s) cannot be found. Likewise, the Other | Update . . . feature did not work.
Like all the equipment in my home office, I set DNS to public servers at OpenDNS, so the djigzo's DNS settings are: DNS 1: 208.67.222.222 DNS 2: 208.67.220.220 DNS 3: [blank[ Jeff >On 01/-10/-28163 08:59 PM, lst_hoe02 at kwsoft.de wrote: >> Zitat von jhallett at mindea.com: >> >>> Hi Martin. >>> I downloaded and setup the VMWare image. How do I best check and test >>> DNS? >> >> Maybe "dnsutils" should be included so one can test DNS resolution with >> "dig"? > >Yes I'll do that since I had to install dnsutils more than once when >installing the Virtual Appliance. I try to keep the Virtual Appliance as >clean as possible to make it more secure and make it less likely that >updates should be installed. dnsutils (and Telnet) however are tools >that come handy. I will add them when the virtual appliance is updated. > >> >> If you test the Appliance at Home or behind some cheap broadband router >> it might be the problem that some of these devices don't support MX >> record queries. >> >> You can try to install "dig" with "sudo apt-get install dnsutils" and >> then test the MX resolution with "dig somedomain MX". > >And if you need telnet (to manually test SMTP connection) you can >install it with > >sudo apt-get install telnet > >PS. make sure you install all updates first (can be done from the >console Other -> update > >Kind regards, > >Martijn _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.djigzo.com/lists/listinfo/users
