One suggestion around it, allbeit messy, is to change /etc/svc.conf to look
at /etc/hosts before DNS, and put an entry there.
Solution was to bug the provider to fix their DNS entries, which they did,
and it works now... thanks!
>
> I have a lot of clients using web based email through IMAP using
> www.mailandnews.com and can no longer login....
> Here's what I see in the logs...
>
> Aug 22 12:32:02 suhep imapd[11622]: warning: host name/address mismatch:
> 199.29.68.161 != MailAndNews.com
> Aug 22 12:32:02 suhep imapd[11622]: refused connect from 199.29.68.161
>
> an nslookup shows:
> > nslookup 199.29.68.161
> Name: MailAndNews.com
> Address: 199.29.68.161
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Dan Kirkpatrick ---- <dkirk_at_phy.syr.edu>
Computer Systems Manager/Administrator
Physics Department
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
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Received on Wed Aug 23 2000 - 23:00:43 NZST