* Gilles Chehade on Fri, Aug 05, 2011 at 04:50:59PM +0200:
> > Instead of using the full IPv6 address, it only uses the subnet prefix
> > of the smarthost. This of course fails horribly, leading to a two-minute
> > timeout, and then finally the mail goes through using IPv4 only.
> Did this work before you updated ?
The update was from something ancient like 4.5 or so, which didn't yet
have smtpd. Among other things, getting smtpd was one of the reasons for
the update, so unfortunately I can't tell. I might still have one other
computer still running 4.7 for which I've long been planning to install
a similar setup; as soon as I get there I can give it a try.
Since that one will need upgrading anyway, I can then also do a quick
test with 4.8 as well.
> > Is this a true and genuine bug -- in which case, I can stop worrying and
> > trying to find configuration errors on my part -- or might there be
> > something that I've overlooked?
> Do not underestimate my ability to write buggy (inet6?) code ;-)
> It is very likely a bug in smtpd, and the fact that it also happens when
> you specify the literal ipv6 address excludes the asynchronous resolver.
> I'll investigate this and let you know when I have a diff you can test.
Thanks for the quick reply -- I'll stay tuned. :o)
Stefan
