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author | Heiko Schlittermann (HS12-RIPE) <hs@schlittermann.de> | 2019-03-13 21:53:12 +0100 |
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committer | Heiko Schlittermann (HS12-RIPE) <hs@schlittermann.de> | 2019-03-13 21:53:12 +0100 |
commit | a23acfd5c4366f1c4d97e87ac61ee841f39b819a (patch) | |
tree | 097b63873b2b43efb7cbaaf1c3ec07c245018fbc /doc | |
parent | 8459057864e8acfbbd91611cc44779310d6149dc (diff) |
doc: Clarify the IPv4-mapped IPv6 lookups.
Credits to Andreas Metzler <eximusers@bebt.de>.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index c21bc0dcc..f0bfd0eb8 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -6744,7 +6744,8 @@ the implicit key is the host's IP address rather than its name (see section .new &*Warning 3*&: Do not use an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address for a key; use the -IPv4. Such addresses being searched for are converted to IPv4. +IPv4, in dotted-quad form. (Exim converts IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses to this +notation before executing the lookup.) .wen .next .new |