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Date:	Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:50:04 -0800
From:	Tom Brown <thomabrown@gmail.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Communications conniptions

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Do you have a DNS defined in your configuration or does it depend on DHCP to
provide it? If you had defined DNS servers and LAFN changed their IP
address(es), your software would not be able to find the servers.

A whois lafc.org inquiry showed the DNS as:

Name Server:DNS.REXX.COM
Name Server:DNS2.LAFN.ORG
Name Server:NS3.REXX.COM
Name Server:DNS1.LAFN.ORG
Name Server:DNS3.LAFN.ORG
Name Server:DNS4.LAFN.ORG

Looking up REXX.COM shows:

DNS.REXX.COM 63.149.228.50
NS2.REXX.COM 63.149.228.36
NS3.REXX.COM 63.149.228.34

The record for REXX.COM was last updated on 2007-02-17. Per haps something was
changed there that is causing your problems.

J. Pfisterer wrote:
> After many years of trouble-free dial-up internet access, I'm
> suddenly experiencing problems.
>
> First, I found myself unable to upload e-mails through my local
> access to LAFN. Error message: "SMTP: Cannot connect to SMTP
> server 'smtp.lafn.org." That problem went away after a couple of
> days, but then returned and persists. It occurs only with the
> local access number; so I am able to post messages by dialing
> directly into LAFN's principal 818 number.
>
> Now, I can no longer DOWNLOAD e-mails or news or connect to web
> sites. Internet Adventurer (mail and news) reports "Call to
> POP server failed." and "Call to newsserver failed"; Netscape
> reports "Netscape is unable to locate the server www.scoug.com.
> Please check the server name and try again." These problems
> occur with both my local access number and LAFN's 818-number.
>
> Anyone got a clue to what might be disabling BOTH of these
> programs? What can I do to diagnose and correct this problem?
> WAGs will be gratefully accepted.
>
> Configuration:
>
> OS/2 v4.52
> Dial-up via Injoy v2.30. (Connections appear normal.)
> E-mail and news via Internet Adventurer v1.51
> Web access via Netscape v4.61
>
> Authentication of uploads (now required by LAFN) is provided
> by Bob Eager's SMTP47. (Internet Adventurer, which doesn't
> offer upload authentication, "sends" each message to SMTP47
> in a hard-drive directory, then SMTP47 uploads accumulated
> messages with the required authentication.)
>
> It seems unlikely that these problems trace to LAFN, as I
> continue to have normal access to web sites through both the
> local (910) and the 818 numbers from a Windows (ugh!) machine.
>
> Jack P. - an479@lafn.org or jnpf@usa.net
>
>
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Tom Brown, Catherder
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Member SCOUG, V.O.I.C.E., & SDAA

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