While Googlin' for a similar error I ran across this post. It struck me
as a near perfect example of how to do it. Interestingly, ESR, of
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html fame was the first
respondent :)
<quote>
Subj: fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS name of [...]
Short description
=================
Today, when launching fetchmail, I get the error:
telperion:~ # fetchmail -v
fetchmail: couldn't find canonical DNS name of pop3.[...].com
and exits after some seconds. That server is the last of the list, and
no server is polled. There is no syslog reporting.
Long description
================
The fetchmailrc file has not been modified, and worked a few hours
earlier. System has not been modified (it was switched of, it is my home
computer). It seems there is some kind of dns problem, as server
pop3.[...].com does not resolve today. The entry for that mailserver is
the last in the list; however, fetchmail does not poll any of the other
servers, and writes nothing to syslog, just exits. If the entry for that
server is comented out, fetchmail works ferfectly - as has done for more
than a year - and polls all servers, fetching pending mail, as expected.
root .fetchmailrc file (called usually from ip-up), has the following...
</quote>
deles, shown as "[...]", are mine.
This well done query made it easier to determine that I had a similar
problem, and made the rather cryptic answer useful.
The next time I ask a half-assed question (which will be my first, of
course :)), bring me up on it. Please be gentle.
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