Re: your mail

[jwt@example.com (Jim Tittsler)]

In article <199609111232.VAA00222@example.com>, you wrote:
>
>My host name (donegal) does not seem to exist!: Connection refused
>

It sounds like it can't do a lookup and find the IP address of your
machine.  

Does /etc/host.conf say:
order hosts,bind

(This causes the local /etc/hosts file to be checked before looking for
another name server.)

Does your /etc/hosts file include:
172.16.2.xxx donegal.your.domain
^^^^^^^^^^^^
(or whatever your IP address is)

-- 
Jim Tittsler, Tokyo  7j1ajh@example.com  <URL:http://shrine.cyber.ad.jp/~jwt/>
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