looks like it can't get your hostname. try adding the entry to /etc/hosts. * Jason Davis (jd_480 at hotmail.com) wrote: > im new to linux. when i try to set up fetchmail...by using fetchmail conf i > always get the error: > > file /usr/bin/fetchmailconf , line 1841 in? > hostname=socket.gethostbyaddr (socket.gethostname())[o] > socket.error: host not found