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Using an IP address instead of the domain name works.
Perhaps the CGI box doesn't have DNS properly configured. Can you do hostname lookups at all? For example, what happens when you type "ping www.yahoo.com" on the command line on the CGI box?

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by bassplayer (Monsignor) on Mar 03, 2004 at 18:30 UTC
    Thanks, but no problems pinging. I receive packets back from the IP address. Seems as though DNS is configured properly, but for some reason not for perl|apache|mod_perl?

    bassplayer

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      I don't merlyn meant for you to ping th IP address but to test the Domain Name Server configuration by doing ping <hostname> as oppossed to ping <IP address>.

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        Yes, I know. Sorry that I was unclear. I pinged www.yahoo.com just as merlyn suggested. The response was: 
        64 bytes from 66.94.230.33: icmp_seq=0 ttl=52 time=9.800 ms
64 bytes from 66.94.230.33: icmp_seq=1 ttl=52 time=10.008 ms

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        That is why I said that I received packets back from the IP address. Thanks.

        bassplayer

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