From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 6 23:27:21 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA17310 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 6 Oct 1996 23:27:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from news1.gtn.com (news1.gtn.com [192.109.159.3]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA17302 for ; Sun, 6 Oct 1996 23:27:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by news1.gtn.com (8.7.2/8.7.2) with UUCP id IAA20082; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 08:00:32 +0100 (MET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by klemm.gtn.com (8.7.6/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA22734; Sun, 6 Oct 1996 23:09:10 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Sun, 6 Oct 1996 23:09:10 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andreas Klemm To: Riwan cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: localhost In-Reply-To: <3256ADF1.167EB0E7@usa.net> Message-ID: X-try-apsfilter: ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz X-Fax: +49 2137 2018 X-Phone: +49 2137 2020 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 5 Oct 1996, Riwan wrote: > hello > > I am using netscape. > for smtp server and pop server I set localhost > I am running popserver and sendmail > > When I am connected to internet (dial out non dedicated connection using > iijppp) > netscape can not resolve name "localhost", so I can not send and receive > email > (from localhost). > > is that something wrong? Hmmm and what if you type in your hostname ?! I use for example klemm.gtn.com... __ andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<