[Gllug] Using K Mail with Telewest Blueyonder broadband

[Tom Trainer]

Thanks Tet.  A bit too technical for me, though: I do not know the
difference between a static IP and DHCP.  Don't know what
etc/resolv.conf is either.  

What do you mean by ' If you do a "host smtp.blueyonder.co.uk"'?

I should stress that KMail/Knoppix works on a different computer,
plugged into the same cable modem and using the same ISP and ID.

You might think that with such little knowledge I should not be
attempting this (fair point).
-----Original Message-----
From: gllug-admin at linux.co.uk [mailto:gllug-admin at linux.co.uk] On Behalf
Of Tethys
Sent: 15 April 2003 23:42
To: gllug at linux.co.uk
Subject: Re: [Gllug] Using K Mail with Telewest Blueyonder broadband 


"Tom Trainer" writes:

>Does anyone use the above?  I have just installed Suse, but cannot send
>e-mails with K Mail.  I get a box saying "Unknown host:
>smtp.blueyonder.co.uk".  

That's unlikely to be a problem with kmail, and far more likely to be
a DNS issue. If you do a "host smtp.blueyonder.co.uk" does it return
anything? What is in your /etc/resolv.conf? Do you have a static IP
(in which case you'll need to manually specify your nameservers), or
are you getting it from DHCP (in which case, DHCP should be supplying
your nameservers, too)?

Tet

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