[sf-lug] iris.well.com is unknown

Michael Paoli Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu
Wed Jan 9 21:22:23 PST 2019


> From: "James Stockford" <jim at well.com>
> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] Wi-Fi woes
> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2019 12:27:04 -0800

> I've discovered another post-disaster symptom
> that may relate:

Update the Subject: header

> I use Thunderbird to get my email from
> The Well's email server, iris.well.com
>
> Now I click to reply to an email, write
> my comment, then click the Send button.
> The system responds with a message that
> iris.well.com is unknown.

Absolutely nothing about that inherently related to Wi-Fi.
If you were on a perfectly fine operating computer on hardwired LAN,
with find Internet access, etc., and got that message, would you presume
it was Wi-Fi?  No.
So, no reason to presume it's Wi-Fi.
So, how 'bout an updated to ye olde Subject: header,
maybe something like:
Subject: DNS: iris.well.com is unknown
Or if you don't now if it's a DNS issue or not, how 'bout:
Subject: iris.well.com is unknown

So, my reply to:
Subject: Re: [sf-lug] Wi-Fi woes
> iris.well.com is unknown

Not a Wi-Fi problem, please accurately state relevant facts.




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