Tickets :: Comment on [#8869] imp/fetchmail will not resolve localhost

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Comment	> i'm migrating from one server to another ... horde works flawlessly > on old_box, but i've run into a strange situation on new_box and > wondered if anyone else had experienced a problem with hostname > resolution. > > summary: the only valid config in horde :: options :: global options > :: authentication credentials is server=127.0.0.1 ... similarly the > only server= value that works for all fetchmail configuration is also > 127.0.0.1 ... localhost does not work at all. > > i'm running dovecot and postfix on ubuntu 9-10 and best i can tell, > everything is working just fine ... i am able to telnet to localhost > and establish an imap connection: > # telnet localhost 143 > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]'. > * OK Dovecot ready. > a login myemail@mydomain.com mypassword > a OK Logged in. > > i have dovecot configured to listen only on localhost:143, but i > changed that to *:143 and restarted dovecot just to make sure that > wasn't the issue. the test.php returns no critical errors, and > everything related to imap is installed and working properly. the > phpinfo() also shows imap as installed/configured. > > here's my servers.php settings: > $servers['imap'] = array( > 'name' => 'IMAP Server', > 'server' => 'localhost', > // 'server' => 'fqdn.myhost.net', > // 'server' => '127.0.0.1', > 'hordeauth' => false, > 'protocol' => 'imap/notls', > 'port' => 143, > ); > > note: i have tried to get this to work by changed out servers.php and > using the loopback and/or the fqdn, but it doesn't really seem to > make a difference. > > unless i specify 127.0.0.1 under authentication credentials screen, i > cannot get into imp > > once i am inside imp, the only way i can get fetchmail to work is to > specify 127.0.0.1 under server. if i put in localhost, i get the > following message when i try to fetch mail: >> Fetchmail: Cannot connect to the remote mail server: No such host as >> localhost > > let me know what additional info i can provide and/or what > tests/config changes you would like me to make to assist in getting > this working. > > thanks, > -e
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