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-rw-r--r--driver.c17
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/driver.c b/driver.c
index 756021b1..5de61844 100644
--- a/driver.c
+++ b/driver.c
@@ -1264,7 +1264,22 @@ const struct method *proto; /* protocol method table */
#define EHOSTUNREACH (-1)
#endif
if (outlevel == O_VERBOSE || errno != EHOSTUNREACH)
- error(0, errno, "connecting to host");
+ {
+ error_build("fetchmail: %s connection to %s failed: ",
+ protocol->name, ctl->server.names->id);
+ if (h_errno == HOST_NOT_FOUND)
+ error_complete(0, 0, "host is unknown");
+ else if (h_errno == NO_ADDRESS)
+ error_complete(0, 0, "name is valid but has no IP address");
+ else if (h_errno == NO_RECOVERY)
+ error_complete(0, 0, "unrecoverable name server error");
+ else if (h_errno == TRY_AGAIN)
+ error_complete(0, 0, "temporary name server error");
+ else if (h_errno)
+ error_complete(0, 0, "unknown DNS error %d", h_errno);
+ else
+ error_complete(0, errno, "local error");
+ }
ok = PS_SOCKET;
goto closeUp;
}