A couple of annoying F8t3 things

[Rodd Clarkson]

On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 17:10 +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
> Rodd Clarkson wrote:
> 
> >> A pause at send time suggests a DNS lookup's timing out. Could be your 
> >> end, could be the server's.
> >>
> >> What's in your /etc/resolve.conf ?
> > 
> > # generated by NetworkManager, do not edit!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > nameserver 192.168.1.254
> 
> Do your IP addresses reverse-resolve?

not sure what this output means, but:

[rodd at localhost ~]$ host 192.168.1.254
254.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer home.gateway.
[rodd at localhost ~]$ host home.gateway
home.gateway has address 192.168.1.254
;; Warning: short (< header size) message received
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
;; Warning: short (< header size) message received
;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached
[rodd at localhost ~]$ 


> 
> > 
> > 
> > /etc/resolv.conf (END) 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >> Do you control the mail server?
> > 
> > Yes?
> 
> Can your mail server resolve the IP addresses of your clients?

Nope.


R.
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