N900 email (DNS?) problems
 

In my n900 I have configured an IMAP email account for my provider email. This used to work fine until 2 days ago. It does not sync with inbox anymore.
I think it is DNS related because ever since this email stopped working, also my connection to the repos stopped working when i selected download. I received DNS errors, but when opening the same domains in the browser there was no problem. After doing an update in stead download I can also contact the repos again for downloading.
Also when i use the same imap settings on my PC it works fine..

Questions:
- Now I have to guess that the problems are DNS related because the email client does not give any error messages. Where can I find a logfile for the e-mail client.
- Is it true that software like email and application manager use different network (DNS) config settings? Where can I find those settings?
- In general: how to flush DNS cache(s) in N900?

Re: N900 email (DNS?) problems
 

Well..
After deinstalling and reinstalling the imap account it is working again.. but without any difference in the settings; strange.

Still, if anyone can help me, I would love to have an answer to my questions:
1. where can I find a logfile for the e-mail software?
2. different network (DNS) settings for different software?
3. how to flush DNS cache(s) on the N900?

thanks in advance

Re: N900 email (DNS?) problems
 

Change DNS on a connection specific basis, by going through Settings->Connections->(choose your connection)->Edit, Next (a few times)->Advanced->IP Addresses (or something), scroll down.

You could try restarting dnsmasq.

Re: N900 email (DNS?) problems
 

Change dns in /etc/resolv.conf
in the format
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

Re: N900 email (DNS?) problems
 

That will only work for the current connection and will get overwritten on the next one.

There isn't one by default, but you can produce a log by starting it like this:

(this might wrap, it should be all on one line) from a terminal.

In general that's not possible, they all use the same resolver library.

This also happens automatically every time a new connection is established, so that's another way of doing it.