I probably won't solve your problem, but I'll take a half-baked stab at it anyway. My guess is that someone has a nameserver setup wrong somewhere or there is an update that hasn't completely propogated yet. If it's the latter it will go away on it's own. If not try these resources: Try the newsgroup comp.os.linux.networking Also try the web site http://www.deja.com and search their newsgroup archives. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.