From ec8a7e367b0943909a01055748c36f268fcece9b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Eric S. Raymond" Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 19:50:51 +0000 Subject: More about libc6. svn path=/trunk/; revision=1621 --- fetchmail-FAQ.html | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'fetchmail-FAQ.html') diff --git a/fetchmail-FAQ.html b/fetchmail-FAQ.html index 006737fc..1c1897a9 100644 --- a/fetchmail-FAQ.html +++ b/fetchmail-FAQ.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
Back to Fetchmail Home Page To Site Map -$Date: 1998/02/11 17:50:39 $ +$Date: 1998/02/11 19:50:51 $

Frequently Asked Questions About Fetchmail

@@ -1129,7 +1129,25 @@ loopback device (he used ppp0).

We also have a report that this error can be caused by having an /etc/hosts file that associates your client host name with more than -one IP address. +one IP address.

+ +It's also possible that your DNS configuration isn't +looking at /etc/hosts at all. If you're using libc5, +look at /etc/host.conf; it should say something like + +

+        order hosts,bind
+
+ +so your /etc/hosts file is checked first. If you're +running GNU libc6, check your /etc/nsswitch file. Make +sure it says something like + +
+        order hosts,bind
+
+ +again, in order to make sure /etc/hosts is seen first.

We had another report from a Linux user of fetchmail 2.1 who solved his SMTP connection problem by removing the reference to -lresolv from his link @@ -1718,7 +1736,7 @@ Re-ordering messages is a user-agent function, anyway.

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Eric S. Raymond <esr@snark.thyrsus.com>
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