Janina's mail problem.

[Janina Sajka]

Hi, Phil:

Here's my /etc/resolv.conf:

search grg.afb.net
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 198.6.1.1
nameserver 198.6.1.2

On Sat, 24 Mar 2001 philwh at gate.net wrote:

> Janina, what doesyour /etc/resolv.conf file look like?
> phil
>
> On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 12:30:10PM -0500, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > Hi, Ari:
> >
> > Yes, nslookup 127.0.0.1 yields name =  localhost.
> >
> > and nslookup localhost yields address 127.0.0.1
> >
> > However, and here's the problem, I think:
> >
> > nslookup toccata.grg.afb.net yields:
> >
> > Server:		127.0.0.1
> > Address:	127.0.0.1#53
> >
> > ** server can't find toccata.grg.afb.net.: NXDOMAIN
> >
> > On Fri, 23 Mar 2001, Ari Moisio wrote:
> >
> > > Janina Sajka 23.03.01:
> > >
> > > HI Janina.
> > >
> > >   Make sure localhost resolves 127.0.0.1 and 127.0.0.1 resolves
> > > localhost with nothin trailing. Some distributions, Redhat iirc lacks a
> > > period after
> > > 127.0.0.1	localhost
> > > in /etc/hosts and it makes resolver add it's own idea about domain of
> > > 'localhost'. Try adding that period if it is not there..
> > >
> > > HTH
> > >
> > > >Hi, Kirk:
> > > >Thanks for the suggestion. I did as you suggested and temporarily moved
> > > >the top line of /etc/hosts down to be the second line, so that
> > > >toccata.grg.afb.net would be the first machine defined for address
> > > >127.0.0.1. Regretably, this did not do the trick. The log of a fetchmail
> > > >session is below.
> > >
> > >
> > > ...ei rommi flunssaan auta mutta ompahan mukavampi sairastaa...
> > >
> >
> > --
> >
> > 				Janina Sajka, Director
> > 				Technology Research and Development
> > 				Governmental Relations Group
> > 				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)
> >
> > Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175
> >
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> >
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> >
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> >
> >
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				Janina Sajka, Director
				Technology Research and Development
				Governmental Relations Group
				American Foundation for the Blind (AFB)

Email: janina at afb.net		Phone: (202) 408-8175

Will electronic books surpass print books? Read our white paper, Surpassing Gutenberg, at http://www.afb.org/ebook.html

Download a free sample Digital Talking Book edition of Martin Luther King Jr's inspiring "I Have A Dream" speech at
http://www.afb.org/mlkweb.asp

Learn how to make accessible software at http://www.afb.org/technology/accessapp.html