From: Paul Lutus <nospam@...>
Date: 2006-10-04T18:45:11+09:00
Subject: Re: NET::HTTP behind a firewall?

Joe Regular wrote:

> Not sure what is going on with this thread but hopefully this post makes
> it to the correct location...
> 
> I checked the logs and all it says is basically that NET::HTTP cannot
> resolve the host,

In that case, look into how your system resolves names into IP addresses. Do
you have a local name server or do you rely on your ISP's name server? Is
the required port(s) open?

> so there isn't enough information to figure out 
> exactly why the connection is failing.

There is enough to know the problem is name resolution.

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Paul Lutus
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