Subj : List of IPv6 nodes
To   : Tony Langdon
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Tue Apr 19 2016 00:44:51

Hello Tony,

On Tuesday April 19 2016 07:27, you wrote to me:

 MvV>> If there is an AAAA record but no IPv6 connect, I contact the
 MvV>> sysop and try to get him to get IPv6 working. Sometimes it
 MvV>> works, sometimes it does not.

 TL> Yep, always worth a try.  And those with AAAA records and no IPv6 are
 TL> a pain.

Indeed. Not everyone agrees with me on this, but my opinion is that a host name with an AAAA record for a mailer that does answer on IPv6 is an error in the nodelist. The nodelist should not advertise a method of connection that is not actually supported.

 TL> One of my feeds was like that, as he was running two mailers,
 TL> but only one supported IPv6 (and guess which one I had to use
 TL> initially!).  I helped him rearrange his DNS to the IPv4 mailer only
 TL> had an A record.

Good work!

 TL> Yes, I know I could have tweaked binkd.conf, but I feel these issues
 TL> should be resolved (pardon the pun!) at the source, where possible.

I fully agree.

 TL> ... There will be a seminar on Time Travel last Thursday.

Sorry, have to pass, my time capsule is down. I ordered spares from the future, but they can't be here in time.


Cheers, Michiel

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