On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:48:09 +0530 Vinayak Mahadevan <vinayak.mahadevan@xxxxxxxxx> 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. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://theatre.sasktelwebsite.net
