Hi Ray:
>Talk works like talk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Therefore you either need to do a talk you@localhost to talk to
>yourself, or the other persons loginname@hisdomainnam
Either of these produce: talk:localhost.localdomain: Unknown host
However when I type: >r> [rarab@localhost rarab]$ fetchmail -V
>r> gethostbyname failed for localhost.localdomain[rarab@localhost rarab]$
>
>r> is the response.
>r> I have .fetchmailrc in my home directory.
>r> I admit that neither of these problems constitute a strategic impediment
>r> to operating Linux but it would be fun to have these things working.
>
>This looks like your version of fetchmail is bad or can't determine
>the local hostname.
>What happens when you issue the command 'hostname' ?
I get: localhost.localdomain
>
>Have you setup the hostname on your local machine, if not edit
>/etc/HOSTNAME and /etc/sysconfig/network to add the hostname or
>use the GUI depending on what version of RedHat you are using.
In /etc/HOSTNAME I have: rarab.localdomain
In /etc/sysconfig/network I have: HOSTNAME= localhost.localdomain
Cordially, R. Arab
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