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Re: lynx OK, http_post OK, cURL can't resolve

From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:11:49 +0200 (MET DST)

On Fri, 26 Jul 2002, Ray DeGennaro at Eaglerock IS wrote:

> I have a machine that I get Error #6 "Couldn't resolve host" errors when I
> try to connect using cURL; however, I have no troubles connecting with lynx
> or another *nix posting program called "http_post". I can also connect to
> the "problem" machine using any web browser on my local desktop Mac.

OS? curl version? command line? Other details that might be interesting?

Curl does nothing particularly magic when it attempts to resolve names, it
uses the normal (thread-safe if available) resolve functions.

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Received on 2002-07-29