Re: Is there a way to avoid using IPv6 in outgoing SMTP connections?

Torsten Müller via Exim-users <[email protected]> Sat, 20 Jun 2026 09:18:35 +0200

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Hello,

Am 19.06.2026 um 16:47 schrieb Fabio Muzzi via Exim-users:
...
> This takes me to the point: is there no way of telling Exim to use only 
> ipv4 in outgoing smtp connections, apart from disabling v6 completely in 
> Exim (with disable_ipv6=true), thus rejecting also incoming v6 smtp 
> connections?
You could take look into the option

dns_ipv4_lookup

too.

Greetings Torsten

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