Theo v. Werkhoven wrote:
> Fri, 13 Jul 2007, by [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
>
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> Last Tuesday I got a delay notice triggered by an email I sent to the list. 
>> That's unimportant, but while looking at it I saw this header:
>>
>> Received-SPF: none (Address does not pass the Sender Policy Framework)
>>  SPF=HELO; sender=lists4.suse.de; remoteip=::ffff:195.135.221.135;
>>  remotehost=lists4.suse.de; helo=lists4.suse.de; 
>> receiver=exa.billmerriam.com;
>>
>>
>> I noticed the ipv6 address, and I was curious to check who it was:
>>     
>
> That is not an IPv6 address.
> IPv6 addresses are written with hex notation, e.g.
> 2001:888:10:90f::2 i.e. 8193.2184.16.2319.0.0.0.2 when written in
> decimal. What the meaning is of the '::ffff:' part I don't know, but
> it has nothing to do with IPv6 afaik.
> So your analysis has no meaning.
>
> theo
>   
Actually, I believe it is.  the :: refers to a continuous block of
zeros.  It's been a while since I read about it, but I believe the above
is the way an IPv4 is expressed as an IPv6 address.


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