On 18 Oct 2000, Jim Foltz wrote: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 01:40:20PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > > > I still get problems intermittently with fetchmail pausing for a long > > time while getting the first messsage. I thought I'd fixed it by editing > > /etc/hosts but it still happens sometimes. At other times it works > > perfectly. > > > > Anthing else worth checking? > > I don't know, but I get the same behaviour EVERY time I use fetchmail > and FTP. It's annoying. > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
I think I *may* have fixed it by changing the order of entries in /etc/hosts. I had 127.0.0.1 local host first and other entries later; now I have: 127.0.0.1 acampbell.cix.co.uk 127.0.0.1 ac 127.0.0.1 localhost This seems to be givin fast connections with fetchmail but it may be too soon to talk. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) Over 100 book reviews: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/bookreviews/ Skeptical articles: http://www.cix.co.uk/~acampbell/freethinker/ "Palo y tente tieso." (Spanish proverb) Free translation: "Holdfast is your only dog."