> The correct description is:
> 
>     When both IPv4 and IPv6 support are enabled, the Postfix SMTP
>     client, for Postfix versions prior to 2.8, will attempt to
>     connect via IPv6 before attempting to use IPv4.  Starting
>     with 2.8 protocol preference is controlled via the new
>     smtp_address_preference parameter.

That's not the case on two independent systems here. Whether IPv4 or
IPv6 is used is completely random. This:

 for i in $(seq 1 30); do
  echo bar$i | mail -s foo$i some...@example.com
 done

has lead to ~10 mails being sent with IPv6 and ~20 mails being sent with
IPv4 in our tests.

-nik

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