I never needed to use my resolv.conf to connect to the net. I use KPPP and
KMAIL.
>From: rustyc@descomp.com (Rusty Carruth)
>Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
>To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
>Subject: Re: Trouble sending email
>Date: Sat, 3 Nov 2001 11:03:23 -0700 (MST)
>
> >
> > I just found out that I can't send email through kmail anymore. It says
> > that the smtp host couldn't be found. I am an earthlink (formerly
>
> > using mail.mindspring.com for smtp. That worked until recently (the
>error).
> > So, I checked the help pages on the web, and they want
>smtp.earthlink.net.
> > also tried smtp.mindspring.com, mail.earthlink.net.
>
>Can you ping any of them? I just tried to ping smtp.earthlink.net
>and it worked fine (giving me an address of 207.217.120.207).
>
>What does your /etc/resolv.conf say? Can you ping any other
>hosts? (Basically, it sounds to me like your DNS setup is messed
>up somehow)
>
>rc
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