RE: LYNX-DEV dns lookups

[Andy Harper]

>> I discovered the following problem while using LYNX compiled with the 
>> socketshr
>> library for VMS to access a service provided by the british library:
>> 
>>   Despite the name (opac97.bl.uk) resolving to an IP address, lynx fails to
>>   connect with:
>>      "unable to access remote host!"
>
>I've managed to connect fairly quickly to opac97.bl.uk using Lynx version 2.7.1
>with some of Fote's modifications installed. We're using MultiNet v4.0A under
>OpenVMS 6.2 on a VAX.


  well exactly, so what is socketshr doing that is different? Does the multinet
  gethostbyname routine NOT fail if it cannot do the reverse lookup?  I shal
  obviously have to write a short test program!

Regards,

Andy Harper
Kings College London