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-rw-r--r--fetchmail.c13
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fetchmail.c b/fetchmail.c
index 49355f5c..3dea6252 100644
--- a/fetchmail.c
+++ b/fetchmail.c
@@ -329,12 +329,17 @@ int main (int argc, char **argv)
namerec = gethostbyname(ctl->servername);
if (namerec == (struct hostent *)NULL)
{
+ fprintf(stderr,
+ "fetchmail: skipping %s poll, ",
+ ctl->servername);
if (errno)
- perror("fetchmail: initialization error");
+ {
+ perror("general error");
+ if (errno == ENETUNREACH)
+ break; /* go to sleep */
+ }
else
- fprintf(stderr,
- "fetchmail: skipping %s poll, nameserver isn't responding\n",
- ctl->servername);
+ herror("DNS error");
continue;
}
else