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When attempting to post email to freeserve, I often get an error message
from sendmail:

  Running BAA06205 (sequence 1 of 2)
  <lgrinzo@stny.rr.com>... Deferred: 
  Name server: smtp.freeserve.net: host name lookup failure


Note that i can still ping smtp.freeserve.net:

  philh:~/ftpin> ping smtp.freeserve.net
  PING relay.pol.net.uk (195.92.195.153): 56 data bytes
  64 bytes from 195.92.195.153: icmp_seq=0 ttl=248 time=682.883 ms
  64 bytes from 195.92.195.153: icmp_seq=1 ttl=248 time=1951.710 ms
  64 bytes from 195.92.195.153: icmp_seq=2 ttl=248 time=960.043 ms
  64 bytes from 195.92.195.153: icmp_seq=3 ttl=248 time=631.747 ms
  64 bytes from 195.92.195.153: icmp_seq=4 ttl=248 time=1431.713 ms
  64 bytes from 195.92.195.153: icmp_seq=5 ttl=248 time=1091.786 ms
  64 bytes from 195.92.195.153: icmp_seq=6 ttl=248 time=1220.277 ms
  --- relay.pol.net.uk ping statistics ---
  8 packets transmitted, 7 packets received, 12% packet loss
  round-trip min/avg/max = 631.747/1138.594/1951.710 ms    


Any idea what's wrong? Is the problem at my end or at freeserve's
end?


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