[OLUG] finally :)

mesc mescie at home.com
Fri Mar 17 23:27:40 UTC 2000


I forgot to mention that I did call tech support today and they said the
addresses are just mail and news so I'm hoping another OLUG member had this
problem and fixed it  and is willing to share how.

Adam Lassek wrote:

> Yes, this is a very common problem. I think you'll probably have to call
> tech support and make them give you the full address for the mail
> server, unless there's someone else here on OLUG that has already gone
> through this.
>
> I have a friend who's using Cox, and he had the exact same problem.
>
> mesc wrote:
> >
> > I finally got my linux online thanks to all your help.My symbolic link
> > problem was /etc/resolv.conf was pointing to itself so I removed that
> > link.I  couldn't post this in my linux's netscape because cox at home's
> > mail server is just called mail and their news server is just called
> > news and netscape couldn't find those,also it said my return e-mail
> > address was invalid (mescie at home)as it needed a dot com or dot net on
> > the end.Are there any other @home users that had this problem?
> >
> >                 Gary Martin
> >
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