[Geary] Heads up: Ubuntu 17.10 problems connecting to outlook.com

[Michael Gratton <mike vee net>]

Hi all,

I just noticed that Ubuntu 17.10 has a problem connecting to 
outlook.com's outgoing mail server, since systemd-resolved has problems 
looking up the host name "smtp-mail.outlook.com". As a result, Geary 
may have trouble creating new outlook.com accounts or sending mail from 
an existing account.

If this is affecting you, at the moment a workaround is to look up an 
IP address for it from the command line using "host", then add it to 
your /etc/hosts file:

> host smtp-mail.outlook.com
> [choose IP_ADDRESS for the command below from one reported here]
> sudo /bin/bash -c 'echo "IP_ADDRESS smtp-mail.outlook.com" >> 
/etc/hosts'

I have reported this as a Launchpad bug: 
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/systemd/+bug/1728560>, 
please mark it as effecting you if that is the case.

Cheers,
//Mike

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