Query Regarding Mail Server

Frank Cox theatre at sasktel.net
Fri Aug 18 07:21:47 UTC 2006


On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:48:09 +0530
Vinayak Mahadevan <vinayak.mahadevan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have installed FC5 on a machine which I am planning to use as the mail
> server. The machine does not have a direct connection to the internet but
> connects through proxy. When I try to retrieve the mail using fetchmail i
> get an error saying "Name resolution failure(external mail server url)" but
> when i type in the same website address in firefox browser I am able to view
> the web interface of my external mail server. I am not able to figure out
> where I am going wrong. 

Be sure that fetchmail is talking to the right port number so it will go
through the proxy if that is the only outbound route.

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