Re: [Nolug] Errors fetching mail from cox.net

On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> On 2009-04-15 22:27, Dennis J Harrison Jr wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 2009-04-15 18:51, Dennis J Harrison Jr wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This is usually routing issue.  Check the usual suspects with your fav
>>>> route tracing tool.
>>>
>>> Like mtr or traceroute?
>>
>> Absolutely fine.  I use wireshark for most network forensics these
>> days.  If you have a wintendo box then VisualRoute is pretty neat
>> (last time I tried it in wine was a bust, but that was a while ago).
>
> I ran mtr for over 5 minutes with a packet loss of only 2, and that between
> hops 6: (68.1.16.69, lkhnsysl02-gex3.at.cox.net) and 7: (68.1.17.2,
> pop.east.cox.net).
>
> That doesn't seem to be the problem...
>
I agree that such a low packet loss shouldn't give you those socket errors.

>>>>                   If nothing stands out try giving fetchmail the a
>>>> record.
>>>
>>> How do I do that?
>>
>> nslookup pop.east.cox.net =
>>
>> Non-authoritative answer:
>> Name:    pop.east.cox.net
>> Address:  68.1.17.2
>
> And put the dotted quad address in the fetchmail config file?
>
Yes. That is the IPV4 A Record the host resolves to ( fun fact, most
DNS servers these days cache a minimum of 5 CNAME recursion for a
record, which is neat! )

> But anyway, wouldn't that problem generate a different error?
Yes, it certainly SHOULD :) I am just regurgitating :
http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/fetchmail-FAQ.html#R6

Which was pointed out to me when I ran into similar problems with
i-55... years ago though.

>
>>>>       I doubt it has anything to do with that though.  Probably
>>>> just an overloaded server/connection/device on there end if the trace
>>>> is ok.  Which is what you mentioned.  But here is some vindication.
>>>> Have a good one, sourpuss :)
>>>
>>> Sourpuss?????
>>>
>> Must be the wrong Ron Johnson :)  My apologies!
>
> It is a pretty common name... :(
>
Well then, I owe you a beer :) Going to the meeting tonight?

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