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[ipv6-wg] Real-world IPv6 SMTP experience
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Stig Venaas
Stig.Venaas at uninett.no
Wed Dec 21 16:13:04 CET 2005
On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 04:08:16PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Gert Doering: > > > So if I understand this correctly, having a v4-only backup MX should > > solve all problems commonly experienced? > > As far as I know, the primary MX needs an A record (to satisfy > Sendmail), and there needs to be a MX which has an A record only (and > no AAAA or A6 record; this is done to satisfy Exim installations). My > initial question to this list was whether if you can do this with just > a single IPv4 address, and still prefer IPv6 over IPv4 (assuming that > IPv6-capable hosts prefer IPv6 hosts over IPv4 hosts if they have the > same priority). At least at uninett.no this is done with only one IPv4 address. The primary MX has both A and AAAA, and the secondary is only A, but with same IPv4 address as primary. Well, you can check mx's for uninett.no yourself. I know several sites that have both A and AAAA for all MXs. It doesn't sound safe to me, but I assume it can't be that problematic then...? Stig
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