DNS issues indeed. My router was trying some black magic with DNS relaying, so I turned it off and explicitly added my DNS servers. Works like a charm now. Thanks !
On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 9:54 PM, Dylan Stamat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Rocco, thanks for the response. Here is the output for both > imap and smtp: > > host -v smtp.gmail.com > ========================================= > Trying "smtp.gmail.com" > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 51892 > ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;smtp.gmail.com. IN A > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > smtp.gmail.com. 10000 IN A 209.85.201.109 > > Received 48 bytes from 10.1.1.1#53 in 2 ms > Trying "smtp.gmail.com" > ;; Warning: Message parser reports malformed message packet. > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 63148 > ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;smtp.gmail.com. IN AAAA > > Received 32 bytes from 10.1.1.1#53 in 2 ms > Trying "smtp.gmail.com" > ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached > ========================================= > > > host -v imap.gmail.com > ========================================= > Trying "imap.gmail.com" > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 9203 > ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;imap.gmail.com. IN A > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > imap.gmail.com. 10000 IN A 209.85.201.109 > > Received 48 bytes from 10.1.1.1#53 in 2 ms > Trying "imap.gmail.com" > ;; Warning: Message parser reports malformed message packet. > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 40239 > ;; flags: qr rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;imap.gmail.com. IN AAAA > > Received 32 bytes from 10.1.1.1#53 in 2 ms > Trying "imap.gmail.com" > ;; connection timed out; no servers could be reached > ========================================= > > The odd part is that imap will connect eventually and I can use mutt, > but smtp will never resolve. Assuming imap timeout is shorter ? > Regardless, something is not right, as "connection timed out" is > probably not ideal ;) > > Any suggestions are welcome, > Thanks ! > == > Dylan > > > > > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 8:58 PM, Rocco Rutte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> * Dylan Stamat wrote: >> >> >> > I'm on a fresh install of OSX (Leopard), and did a macport install of >> > mutt-devel, >> > (see bottom of email for config opts). I had no issues on my OpenBSD >> machine, >> > but in moving my .muttrc over to this new machine, there are the >> > following problems. >> > >> >> >> > 1) When sending an email, it hangs for a while (probably until >> connect_timeout >> > seconds), then gives me the following error (obviously, gmail as the >> > smtp server):"Could not connect to gmail.com (Can't assign requested >> > address)." >> > >> >> This is likely for the same reason as 2). >> >> >> >> > 2) When starting mutt, it sits on "Looking up imap.gmail.com..." for >> about 20 >> > seconds before taking me into my default inbox. I've tried toggling >> > "imap_check_subscribed" and "imap_list_subscribed", but to no avail. >> > >> >> The "Looking up..." message says that mutt is waiting for the OS to return >> the IP address for the given host. I guess in your case you have some DNS >> problems unrelated to mutt. >> >> How long does 'host imap.google.com' on the command line take on OS X for >> you? >> >> Rocco >> >
