Wietse Venema via Postfix-users <postfix-users@postfix.org> wrote > Michael Grimm via Postfix-users:
>> Very recently I re-enabled IPv6 on my servers, and removed my >> 'inet_protocols=ipv4' from main.cf and did *not* add 'inet_protocols=all' >> because I checked for the default setting: >> >> mail> postconf -d inet_protocols >> inet_protocols = all >> >> Thus, my main.cf lacks *any* inet_protocols setting! > > THAT CLAIM IS FALSE. Sorry. What I meant is: I did remove 'inet_protocols=ipv4', thus no inet_protocols setting in my main.cf > No, that is not what "postconf -d" does. Ok, understood. > If you want to know what inet_protocols setting is in effect > > postconf inet_protocols Current setting: mail> grep inet_protocols main.cf inet_protocols = all mail> postconf inet_protocols inet_protocols = all Now, I removed this line from main.cf, thus no more settings regarding inet_protocols: mail> grep inet_protocols main.cf mail> postconf inet_protocols inet_protocols = all Now, I do reinstall postfix: mail> pkg install -f -y postfix (FreeBSD's package compiled by poudriere) After reinstallation: mail> grep inet_protocols main.cf inet_protocols = ipv4 mail> postconf inet_protocols inet_protocols = ipv4 That is what I meant, the line 'inet_protocols = ipv4' had been added. >> Today, I had to recompile and reinstall all of my ports (ABI change), and >> found, that 'inet_protocols=ipv4' has been added to main.cf?! > > Indeed, many sites don't have IPv6 connectivity, and trying to connect to > IPv6 sites is > not useful. Yes I do understand that. Ok, I will keep 'inet_protocols = all' until IPv6 will be enabled by default. Thanks for your explanations. Regards, Michael _______________________________________________ Postfix-users mailing list -- postfix-users@postfix.org To unsubscribe send an email to postfix-users-le...@postfix.org