From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: whois 205.251.242.103 Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 18:02:53 +0300 Message-ID: <83leh4ee76.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87mt1kr274.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="23286"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed May 31 17:02:49 2023 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1q4NLb-0005nQ-4E for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 31 May 2023 17:02:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q4NL0-0004Fg-IW; Wed, 31 May 2023 11:02:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q4NKz-0004FQ-MZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 May 2023 11:02:09 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q4NKz-0002VF-DC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 May 2023 11:02:09 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=GKAldhzcqtq00eRs9+V35m3WorzMAp489Z7HKUsFFg8=; b=i+kygvBunTrB VJD5VGDu4FeEzFurDtXNelwGqqLxbKCgVgvy8sxy0tHfuR56xIgF9f1pCjpXp0TY6N1spdtNk7nmU V5icdTwJbJ7UgOSoIgUTbAFjk5TapqtXbTLVkx6erSGJQ3Wvw0gUYE5FvPCxkO7/2p+0tCiGeqbvZ vNifEi9x2ixBHFP0bn+dy+xPGIkC8z8j7cObMmmwq9v6FYSSP8YntlqWzB+1gUpDUvJjuzYe992tD n7LbcAF0sp6otFGZJkeMU9JSb/sVO0ViaOgnntQLASVATF00duBDO/tA7YDDjtnkPg6fMNQ2XqG4a 95W1QMXh7NXn9NZQjHj7Xg==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1q4NKy-0001Vr-S9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 31 May 2023 11:02:09 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87mt1kr274.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Tassilo Horn on Wed, 31 May 2023 16:42:26 +0200) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:143814 Archived-At: > From: Tassilo Horn > Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Date: Wed, 31 May 2023 16:42:26 +0200 > > Hongyi Zhao writes: > > > I try to whois in the latest git version of Emacs, but still failed: > > > > M-x whois RET 205.251.242.103 > > > > Process Whois connection broken by remote peer > > > > Any tips for this problem? > > I think you can use whois only for domain names, not IP addresses. That's not true, AFAIK. > (When I try with an IP address, it seems to block indefinitely.) I think that's because the default server we use is no (longer) a good default. Try customizing whois-server-name to, for example, "whois.crsnic.net", and you will get a response for the above IP immediately.