Re: IPv6 recap

Joe Laffey <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.imap.courier.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Fri, 5 Apr 2024, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
>
> ESMTP_PREFER_IPV6_MX=1 is the default setting in the courierd configuration 
> file. As installed, by default, it should be there.

This courier config was updated over the years from much older versions. I 
must have missed that option when I copied over the settings files (which 
I thought I had diffed, and manually setup, but must have missed that, or 
just accidentally deleted it at some point).

>
> However if it was manually removed, or changed to ESMTP_PREFER_IPV6_MX=0, 
> then Courier will try IPv4 addresses first. It's up to you how you want it 
> set. Just note that in the event of a complete connection failure the last 
> attempted IP address, IPv4 or IPv6, will have its error logged.
>
> And, of course, this selects your preference for IPv6 versus IPv4 mail 
> servers, when both are available.
>

Makes sense. Thanks.

--
73
Joe Laffey



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