# making your moo send mail

Bill Garrett (bill@yeehaw.com)
Wed, 20 Dec 1995 09:49:29 PST

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    > The system cannot resolve the name of the system you're connected from.
    > Please send mail to , with the character name you want.

    As a wizard, type this in:

      ;open_network_connection( "localhost", 25 )

    It should give you a negative object number, like:

      => #-1234 <invalid>

    In this case, type:  ;boot_player( #-1234 )
    If you see this, something is weird.  On the other hand if you get:

      => E_INVARG

    It means the UNIX processes that do Internet name-lookups have stopped
    running.  The solution here (short term anyway) is to @shutdown and
    restart the MOO.  If you got:

      => E_PERM

    Then your networking is not, after all, enabled.
    ---
    Some people connect from machines that don't resolve into an Internet
    hostname (people with SLIP or PPP, for example); if this is only
    happening for a few of your users, you may wish to ask them to connect
    from other accounts to do the @request itself.  They will still be able
    to connect with their own network software.
    Hope this helps.
    Def.