POP3 and Local Host

This is a new install of SUSE Linux v9.1.

I have set up the Kmail program, and can send messages with no problem. An
attempt to retrieve messages gets an error announcement: "Can't reach host
local host".

I don't know why. Local host, with the customary IP address is included in
the Network definitions set by YaST. What have I omitted, and what does it
REALLY want to tell me?
--
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel

On 09 Jul 2005 16:56:48 GMT, Stan Goodman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> This is a new install of SUSE Linux v9.1.
>
> I have set up the Kmail program, and can send messages with no problem. An
> attempt to retrieve messages gets an error announcement: "Can't reach host
> local host".
>
> I don't know why. Local host, with the customary IP address is included in
> the Network definitions set by YaST. What have I omitted, and what does it
> REALLY want to tell me?

If you are using Kmail locally, why do you need POP3? Do you even have a
pop3 server installed (does netstat -atn show anything listening on port
110?)

When you say local host, do you mean 'localhost' (127.0.0.1) or some other
host name that might point to a different IP? Note that a '.local' domain
(which used to be used as default local domain by SuSE) is no longer
allowed in SuSE due to conflict with multicast or mdns.

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 05:58:54 UTC, (E-Mail Removed) (David Efflandt) opined:
> On 09 Jul 2005 16:56:48 GMT, Stan Goodman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > This is a new install of SUSE Linux v9.1.
> >
> > I have set up the Kmail program, and can send messages with no problem. An
> > attempt to retrieve messages gets an error announcement: "Can't reach host
> > local host".
> >
> > I don't know why. Local host, with the customary IP address is included in
> > the Network definitions set by YaST. What have I omitted, and what does it
> > REALLY want to tell me?
>
> If you are using Kmail locally, why do you need POP3? Do you even have a
> pop3 server installed (does netstat -atn show anything listening on port
> 110?)

There is no server, and I don't want or need one.

> When you say local host, do you mean 'localhost' (127.0.0.1) or some other
> host name that might point to a different IP? Note that a '.local' domain
> (which used to be used as default local domain by SuSE) is no longer
> allowed in SuSE due to conflict with multicast or mdns.

"Local host" meant localhost. I put that in the TCP/IP definitions because I
copied them from what I have in another OS (OS/2), thinking that it would be
needed in Linux as well; in the absence of clear instructions to the
contrary, and in view of my low level of familiarity with SUSE and with
Linux, that doesn't seem like a bad first guess.

I understand you to be telling me that this is what may be causing the
problem, and it should be removed. I will certainly try this. Thank you
much.

--
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 05:58:54 UTC, (E-Mail Removed) (David Efflandt) opined:
> On 09 Jul 2005 16:56:48 GMT, Stan Goodman <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> > This is a new install of SUSE Linux v9.1.
> >
> > I have set up the Kmail program, and can send messages with no problem. An
> > attempt to retrieve messages gets an error announcement: "Can't reach host
> > local host".
> >
> > I don't know why. Local host, with the customary IP address is included in
> > the Network definitions set by YaST. What have I omitted, and what does it
> > REALLY want to tell me?
>
> If you are using Kmail locally, why do you need POP3? Do you even have a
> pop3 server installed (does netstat -atn show anything listening on port
> 110?)
>
> When you say local host, do you mean 'localhost' (127.0.0.1) or some other
> host name that might point to a different IP? Note that a '.local' domain
> (which used to be used as default local domain by SuSE) is no longer
> allowed in SuSE due to conflict with multicast or mdns.

On your suggestion, I removed local host from the Network Services screen
accessible through YaST. Nevertheless, I see in the boot.msg log the
following paragraph:

*****
lo
lo IP address 127.0.0.1/8
done eth0 device 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 30)
eth0 configuration eth-id-00:50:04:07:73:74
eth0 IP address 192.168.1.6/24
eth0 Error while executing
eth0 Command: 'iproute replace to 192.168.1.1/24 via 192.168.1.1 dev eth0'
returned
RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
Configuration line: 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0
eth-id-00:50:04:07:73:74
done dm10
*****

So it still knows abouit 127.0.0.1, and if finds an error in the network
setup. Can you help me understand where it is finding the localhost address,
and how to interpret the error?

--
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel