More Mutt, Root Mail, No Mailbox Stuff

[Leonard Chatagnier]

--- Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au>
wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:50:00 -0800 (PST)
> Leonard Chatagnier <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> [snips]
> >  The mail system
> > 
> > <lchata at ubuntu.gateway.2wire.net> (expanded from
> > <root>): Host or domain name
> >     not found. Name service error for
> > name=ubuntu.gateway.2wire.net type=A:
> >     Host not found
> 
> It seems to be looking up DNS for
> ubuntu.gateway.2wire.net
> 
> If you do a 
> 
> locate ubuntu.gateway.2wire.net
> 
> does that show which file(s) contain that entry? I
> can't imagine why it
> would be needed, and it appears to be bogus from the
> point of view of the
> DNS:
> 
> $ host ubuntu.gateway.2wire.net
> Host ubuntu.gateway.2wire.net not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
> 
> $ host 2wire.net
> 2wire.net has address 216.52.29.100
>
Wished I saw this and the followup message before  I
did all the manual corrections.  It would have saved
me time and trial & error but I've been a busy beaver.
Thanks for your input,
 

Leonard Chatagnier
lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net