Re: [MacPerl] Find SMTP server(s): nslookup?

[Milivoj Ivkovic <mi@alma.ch>]

>>Does Net::DNS work on Macs? (It doesn't on Win95).
>
>I would tell you to try checking CPAN Testers, but perl.org is down.  :/

Yes, I found out. Too bad...

>Normally, though, the first thing that you should check when wondering if a
>module works on a platform is CPAN Testers.
>
>    http://www.perl.org/cpan-testers/
>


>If a module requires building or porting for MacPerl, the next thing you
>should check is MMP (MacPerl Module Porters):
>
>    http://pudge.net/mmp/
>
>

Didn't know about this one. Thanks.

>ANYWAY ... I just tested it and it passed all tests on my Mac.  I'll submit
>a report to CPAN Testers later if one is not already there.

It passes all tests on my Win95 notebook, but doesn't work :/
Hey, just got it to work. Re-read the docs and found how to give it the nameservers, which it doesn't find by itself.

>Doubtful.  Just use Net::Config; it will usually work, and contain the
>user's preference.  In MacPerl, it is magical by default.
>Net::Config comes with MacPerl and is set to get the user's preference from
>Internet Config (MacPerl comes with IC) ... so if the user has IC set up
>(which most users do these days), then this will have the proper value by
>default.

Good. I didn't know it was installed by default. It wasn't on my Linux or Windows (and I had trouble installing it on Windows with older Perls), so I didn't expect to be able to count on it.

Thank you all for the help.

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