Re: tlug: Internet connections from Linux

[Neil Booth <NeilB@example.com>]

Karl-Max Wagner wrote:
> > have no idea what their IP address is. Why does NS for Linux need to
> 
> Easy to find out. Use nslookup.
> 
> Like this:
> 
> schreyer:~# nslookup
> 
> Now it comes back with info on the current nameserver.
> 
> At the prompt do a "set type=mx"
> 
> You get another prompt. Now type in the domain of your ISP. It
> will come back with your mail exchanger(s), their IP addresses
> and the like.
> 
> Now leave it with exit.

That worked nicely; it came back with 7 addresses at
"mail.globecomm.net" which it seemed to discover was an alias for
"mail.iname.com" (Do I correctly understand what's going on here?). I
put the first of these IP addresses in my /etc/hosts file, and netscape
no longer complains and is also able to correctly send messages.

Question: why 7 addresses? Does that mean they've got 7 servers, and I
could just as well connect to any of them? That's my guess, anyway.

Incidentally, "mail.iname.com" is not my ISP (which is GOL), but one of
those useful free permanent e-mail addresses that keeps oneself happily
ISP independent. I've already got my ISP's name server in
/etc/resolv.conf.

Happily, it seems that the NS for Windows mail files are
binary-compatible with the Linux version, so I can just transfer the
files to my Linux machine.

Cheers,

Neil.

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