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authorHeiko Schlittermann (HS12-RIPE) <hs@schlittermann.de>2019-03-13 21:53:12 +0100
committerHeiko Schlittermann (HS12-RIPE) <hs@schlittermann.de>2019-03-13 21:53:12 +0100
commita23acfd5c4366f1c4d97e87ac61ee841f39b819a (patch)
tree097b63873b2b43efb7cbaaf1c3ec07c245018fbc /doc
parent8459057864e8acfbbd91611cc44779310d6149dc (diff)
doc: Clarify the IPv4-mapped IPv6 lookups.
Credits to Andreas Metzler <eximusers@bebt.de>.
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diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
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@@ -6744,7 +6744,8 @@ the implicit key is the host's IP address rather than its name (see section
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&*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.)
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