On Monday 28 February 2005 20:07, Michael Sullivan wrote:
> First of all, I don't have access to the host command:
>

<desperate mode>
My god, are you dense ?!?

One last time then:  E M E R G E    B I N D - T O O L S
(hint: then you WILL have the 'host' command)
</desperate mode>

> Secondly, I am trying to access my server box through
> espersunited.com because most of my users are outside
> the network and will be connecting to espersunited.com
> remotely.  I got through your first three steps
> without problem, which proves what I've been saying;
> It is a DNS problem...

Nevertheless, it may still mean that using the external hostname only works 
when actually connecting from the outside. Especially port-forwarding setups 
often suffer this.  There is no reason to not test it internally using the 
normal hostname first. 

Maarten

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