[Users] no proxy dns? Why not socks5 127.0.0.1?

[Marco Moock]

Am Tue, 20 Aug 2024 03:50:25 +0000
schrieb vvt at mail-on.us:

> Claw.mail makes no dns calls?

It does name resolution, but maybe with the glibc functions via the
system that then uses DNS or whatever protocols are listed in
nsswitch.conf

> claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Connecting_with_Tor
> instructions say enter localhost. Why does it not say enter 127.0.0.1?

Because localhost resolves locally to ::1 and 127.0.0.1. See the entry
in /etc/hosts.