From owner-freebsd-current Wed Apr 2 17:00:18 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA12247 for current-outgoing; Wed, 2 Apr 1997 17:00:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from proxy2.ba.best.com (root@proxy2.ba.best.com [206.184.139.13]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA12238; Wed, 2 Apr 1997 17:00:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from bsampley.vip.best.com (bsampley.vip.best.com [206.184.160.196]) by proxy2.ba.best.com (8.8.5/8.8.3) with SMTP id QAA12661; Wed, 2 Apr 1997 16:46:35 -0800 (PST) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 1997 16:45:02 -0800 (PST) From: Burton Sampley To: Adam Hawks cc: questions@FreeBSd.ORG, current@FreeBSd.ORG Subject: RE: more problems w/ fetchmail In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-current@FreeBSd.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 2 Apr 1997, Adam Hawks wrote: > I have 3.0-current running and have similar problems. If its doing the > same thing as mine you can look at your routeing table and you will > probably notice that the default route points to your gateway then there > is a route from you gateway to your 127.0.0.1 when it works and not > there when if fails. It seems that in fetchmail wants to loopback but is > sending it to the gateway address instead of the 127.0.0.1 loopback. I > don't know much about the way the mail system works so it may be in the > kernel or fetchmail? > > Don't know if this helps but its what I have observed on my system. > > Adam W. Hawks > awhawks@perigee.net > > Thanks for the reply. As strange as this may seem, I just happen to have a xterm open with netstat -r before I started routed. I see exactly what you mean. I'm going to cc this message to both groups and see if anybody has a solution. Here's the info: bash# netstat -r Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire default ns3.best.com UGSc 4 0 tun0 localhost localhost UH 0 0 lo0 192.168.1 link#1 UC 0 0 ns3.best.com bsampley UH 5 10 tun0 bash# routed bash# kill 1733 [routed] bash# netstat -r Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire default ns3.best.com UGSc 4 0 tun0 localhost localhost UH 0 225 lo0 192.168.1 link#1 UC 0 0 ns3.best.com bsampley UH 5 124 tun0 bsampley localhost UH 0 199 lo0 bash# Anybody know what I need to change so the routing table looks liks the second version without having to run and kill routed? --- Brought to you by a 100% Micro$oft free system. You too can disinfect your system at http://www.freebsd.org E-Mail: burton@bsampley.vip.best.com Alternate E-Mail: bsampley@haywire.csuhayward.edu Home Page: http://www.best.com/~bsampley (permanently under construction)