[sclug] debian googlemail problem

[Neil Haughton]

>
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> From: Simon Reap <simon at simonreap.com>
> To: sclug at sclug.org.uk
> Cc:
> Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:46:23 +0000
> Subject: Re: [sclug] Debian googlemail issue
> On 16/01/2013 12:55, Neil Haughton wrote:
>
>>
>>> Have you got an entry for mail.google.com in your /etc/hosts?
>>>
>>>
>>> No. Should I have? (Alex has suggested it as a temporary fix to try, but
>>> I
>>>
>> shouldn't normally need this should I? I though it was bad  practice
>> anyway
>> because if Google change the address I'm immediately broken)
>>
>> Oh I get it - you're suggesting this might be the cause?
>>
> Yes, you are right!  I only asked because I've fallen foul of this before
> - I had to have an /etc/hosts entry for an external host (broken DNS at the
> time), but eventually a) the DNS was fixed, and b) the external host moved
> IP address.  My hack had been working for so long that I had forgotten how
> I'd fixed it in the first place.
>
>
> Guess what? Me too! It that's exactly what I had done a long time ago to
cause this self inflicted problem. Google must've changed their IP
addresses and I fell foul of that.

Doh!

Neil