Looks like you have most of your bases covered. So, what's in /etc/host.conf? It probably should be like:
order hosts,bind multi on It seems that the nameservers aren't being queried. Since, they are apparently set correctly, this is the last thing I can think of. I think if it just says "order hosts" then the resolver library never looks in /etc/resolv.conf for nameservers (only /etc/hosts). Worth a look. (The man pages aren't very clear about the relationship between /etc/host.conf and /etc/resolv.conf). -- ¶ One·should·only·use·the·ASCII·characterset·when·compos » ing·email·messages.