Re: KMail: unknown host .....

From: root/administrator (root_at_dev.null.dnsalias.net)
Date: 10/23/03 

Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 01:02:39 GMT

mjt wrote:

> J L Strider wrote:
>
>> As I said in my post, ***I can get my email using Eudora*** on Windows
>> XP, which points to a Linux or KDE problem (webmail works too)
>
> ... you're asking about Linux - i could care LESS about
> what's happening with Eudora on eXPensive :) anyway,
> it was working yesterday and today it's not. i STILL
> say ping the host from Linux. if you can ping it, then
> you've got a setting out of whack in kmail. check and
> re-check :)
> .

Ping-ing a host does not necessary tell you if the host is up to accept
request from you. I presumed you are trying to connect to an e-mail server
through a POP3 protocol. If that is the case, you might want to telnet to
the e-mail server on port 110 (POP3 port) to see if you get any response.
If you don't get any response, then there is a chance the server is down or
the route to the server is broken. 

-- 
root/administrator

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