MDNSResponder Fail on certain applications

Question

Hi All, I am facing a weird problem recently. The problem started by not being able to send or receive any email from Gmail in mail application. Then I noticed that I can't connect with my Yahoo Messenger app and I get error for not bein able to connect to the server. Now I noticed not only that but Also I am not able any more to connect to vpn servers which have domain names as a server address. I changed the domain name to the IP address of the server address and It could connect.
For my yahoo messenger I tried to look at /var/log/system.log and I noticed that there is a error each time I try to connect to Yahoo messenger which is :
Mar 12 21:35:13 Lucifers-MacBook-Air-2.local mDNSResponder[57833]: ERROR: send_all(40) wrote -1 of 4 errno 32 (Broken pipe)
Mar 12 21:35:17 --- last message repeated 4 times ---
Mar 12 21:35:17 Lucifers-MacBook-Air-2.local Terminal[54200]: CGSCopyDisplayUUID: Invalid display 0x0b413df5
Also the problem in mail application exist only for gmail (I use gmail and another email address. One is working and gmail is not), I get error "Couldn't connect to this xxx IMAP/SMTP server" in Connection doctor for mail app for both SMTP and IMAP gmail server as well as iCloud IMAP.  (IMAP enabled in Gmail of course) :
INITIATING CONNECTION Mar 12 21:37:22.360 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x6000004c09a0 -- thread:0x60800066d8c0
INITIATING CONNECTION Mar 12 21:37:22.360 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelNone] -- host:smtp.gmail.com -- port:587 -- socket:0x6080002cb1a0 -- thread:0x60800066d8c0
INITIATING CONNECTION Mar 12 21:37:22.361 host:imap.gmail.com -- port:143 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x60800066d8c0
INITIATING CONNECTION Mar 12 21:37:22.390 host:p08-imap.mail.me.com -- port:993 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x608000871f40
So I believe that there is a problem in my mDNSResponder or Bonjour service. The weird thing for me is that it is not working in certain application and certain addresses. I am able to ping 8.8.8.8 or I am able to telnet imap.gmail.com and connect to it. 
Here is the system.log for mail app when I try to make gmail account online:
"The operation couldn’t be completed. No route to host"
Mar 12 21:43:18 Lucifers-MacBook-Air-2.local Mail[58050]: [LogSocketErrors] Connecting failed for socket: 0x6080004c11f0, error: Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=65 "The operation couldn’t be completed. No route to host"
Mar 12 21:43:18 Lucifers-MacBook-Air-2.local Mail[58050]: [LogSocketErrors] Connecting failed for socket: 0x6000004c8180, error: Error Domain=NSPOSIXErrorDomain Code=65 "The operation couldn’t be completed. No route to host"
While I am able to open gmail in my safari or ping and telnet this hosts in terminal.
Any one have any idea?

Answer 1

No ideas yet, but i'm getting very similar errors. I'm pretty sure this coincided with installing the latest security update. What's interesting is i'm on 10.8.5. This is the console output when i start connection doctor in mail.
2014-03-13 4:59:49.892 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: ERROR: mDNSPlatformWriteTCP - send Broken pipe
2014-03-13 4:59:49.892 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: mDNSSendDNSMessage: write msg length failed -1/2
2014-03-13 4:59:50.894 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: ERROR: mDNSPlatformWriteTCP - send Broken pipe
2014-03-13 4:59:50.895 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: mDNSSendDNSMessage: write msg length failed -1/2
2014-03-13 4:59:53.902 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: ERROR: mDNSPlatformWriteTCP - send Broken pipe
2014-03-13 4:59:53.902 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: mDNSSendDNSMessage: write msg length failed -1/2
2014-03-13 4:59:56.927 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: ERROR: mDNSPlatformWriteTCP - send Broken pipe
2014-03-13 4:59:56.928 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: mDNSSendDNSMessage: write msg length failed -1/2
2014-03-13 4:59:57.916 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: ERROR: mDNSPlatformWriteTCP - send Broken pipe
2014-03-13 4:59:57.916 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: mDNSSendDNSMessage: write msg length failed -1/2
2014-03-13 5:00:00.088 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: ERROR: mDNSPlatformWriteTCP - send Broken pipe
2014-03-13 5:00:00.088 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: mDNSSendDNSMessage: write msg length failed -1/2
2014-03-13 5:00:00.924 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: ERROR: mDNSPlatformWriteTCP - send Broken pipe
2014-03-13 5:00:00.924 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: mDNSSendDNSMessage: write msg length failed -1/2
2014-03-13 5:00:01.091 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: ERROR: mDNSPlatformWriteTCP - send Broken pipe
2014-03-13 5:00:01.091 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: mDNSSendDNSMessage: write msg length failed -1/2
2014-03-13 5:00:04.098 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: ERROR: mDNSPlatformWriteTCP - send Broken pipe
2014-03-13 5:00:04.098 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: mDNSSendDNSMessage: write msg length failed -1/2
2014-03-13 5:00:07.095 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: ERROR: mDNSPlatformWriteTCP - send Broken pipe
2014-03-13 5:00:07.095 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: mDNSSendDNSMessage: write msg length failed -1/2
2014-03-13 5:00:08.098 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: ERROR: mDNSPlatformWriteTCP - send Broken pipe
2014-03-13 5:00:08.098 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: mDNSSendDNSMessage: write msg length failed -1/2
2014-03-13 5:00:11.105 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: ERROR: mDNSPlatformWriteTCP - send Broken pipe
2014-03-13 5:00:11.105 PM mDNSResponder[1903]: mDNSSendDNSMessage: write msg length failed -1/2
Its worth noting that like you other accounts seem to work fine, no indication of improper DNS settings. As I said this happened after running that latest security update to fix the SSL thing on 10.8.5.
Same thing seems to be happening with calendar:
2014-03-13 5:02:51.465 PM CalendarAgent[517]: [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.queue] [Account refresh failed with error: Error Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1003 "A server with the specified hostname could not be found." UserInfo=0x7ff7728b2f50 {NSUnderlyingError=0x7ff772b88040 "A server with the specified hostname could not be found.", NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=https://myemail%[email protected]/calendar/dav/myemail%40gmail.com /user///myemail%[email protected]/calendar/dav/myemail%40gmail.com/user/, NSErrorFailingURLKey=https://myemail%[email protected]/calendar/dav/myemail%40gmail.com /user///myemail%[email protected]/calendar/dav/myemail%40gmail.com/user/, AccountName=Gmail, CalDAVErrFromRefresh=YES, NSLocalizedDescription=A server with the specified hostname could not be found.}]