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<DIV><SPAN class=187554322-09062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Jeff,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187554322-09062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187554322-09062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I have
had problems over the years with postfix and name resolution. Are using your
gateway/router as the dns server, this has caused me grief in the past. I have
found that they can resolve things like <A
href="http://www.thisdomain.com">www.thisdomain.com</A> and mail.thisdomain.com
but can't resolve using thisdomain.com (all that postfix has to work
with). </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=187554322-09062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The
fix - find some external dns servers from your isp and add them to the
/etc/resolv.conf ... you have to add them on separate lines,
i.e.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=187554322-09062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>nameserver 203.47.126.34</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187554322-09062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>nameserver 139.130.4.4</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187554322-09062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187554322-09062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Don't
forget to restart the network...reboot or /etc/init.d/networking
restart</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187554322-09062007></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187554322-09062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hope
this helps</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187554322-09062007></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=187554322-09062007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Paul</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
wifidog-bounces@listes.ilesansfil.org
[mailto:wifidog-bounces@listes.ilesansfil.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Jeff
Schallenberg<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, 10 June 2007 3:54 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
WiFiDog Captive Portal<BR><B>Cc:</B> don.druce@gmail.com<BR><B>Subject:</B>
[isf-wifidog] Validation Email problems<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>We at Montérégie Sans Fil (<A
href="http://www.monteregiesansfil.org">http://www.monteregiesansfil.org</A>)
(MSF) are having some startup problems - mainly with new subscribers not
receiving the validation email.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>If I look at the (very short) user management page at <A
href="http://auth.monteregiesansfil.org">http://auth.monteregiesansfil.org</A>,
I see that fully one-third are still in validation state, meaning the portal
closed before they picked up their validation email. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>If I look at the (very long) user management page at <A
href="http://auth.ilesansfil.org">http://auth.ilesansfil.org</A>, I see about
the same ratio for recent registrations.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Concerning the MSF registrations, we the technical support group are at
our wits' end trying to figure out why the validation email works for some and
not for others. We have tried creating new userids for ourselves using
different accounts (gmail, hotmail, yahoo), and sometimes the validation email
is received, sometimes not. There seems no rhyme or reason to the successes
and failures. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>My questions are:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>1) Is this a common experience among WiFiDog users?</DIV>
<DIV>2) What can we check in our network setup that might be causing this
seemingly-random problem?</DIV>
<DIV>3) How can we monitor the validation process on our auth server, to see
if the validation emails are being sent, or if they are in the mail
queue?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Any help or suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated!<BR clear=all><BR>--
<BR>- Jeff </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>