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On 18/11/2025 21:08, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher  wrote:
>> Seriously,m its not the server, its the DNS.
>>
>> It (the PI) cant even *find* the SMTP server
>> Nov 18 10:46:56 heating-controller postfix/pickup[8654]: CC05B1F270:
>> uid=0 from=
>> Nov 18 10:46:56 heating-controller postfix/cleanup[10455]: CC05B1F270:
>> message-id=<20251118104656.CC05B1F270@heating-controller>
>> Nov 18 10:46:56 heating-controller postfix/qmgr[1295]: CC05B1F270:
>> from=, size=387, nrcpt=1 (queue active)
>> Nov 18 10:46:57 heating-controller postfix/smtp[10457]: CC05B1F270:
>> to=, relay=none, delay=0.38,
>> delays=0.19/0.14/0.04/0, dsn=4.4.3, status=deferred (Host or domain name
>> not found. Name service error for name=vps.templar.co.uk type=MX: Host
>> not found, try again)
> 
> If it's the only network activity the thing does regularly, maybe
> the WiFi interface has gone into some sort of sleep mode and the DNS
> resolver isn't waiting for it to wake up. If you leave ping running
> (eg. "nohup ping -s 1 vps.templar.co.uk &") to keep the interface
> active, maybe it will work the first time?
> 
I was logged in over ssh at the time, so that hound don't hunt :-(

> Or if it doesn't change, you could set the IP address for
> vps.templar.co.uk in /etc/hosts.
> 
That could be a workaround. Good idea


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