AV>> I don't: INO4 makes some sense only with DNS names.
MvdV> I disagree. "Dumb mailers" will try to keep connecting as explained in MvdV> the justification for the flag in FRL1038.001 section 2.
MvdV> Binkd when on an IPv4 connection, will keep trying to connect to MvdV> 2:221/10 until the sysop or other software intervenes. Binkd is not MvdV> smart enough to realize that 221/10 is an IPv6 only node and that it can MvdV> never connect via an IPv4 only connection. The INO4 flag is still MvdV> usefull in this case as it allows more intelligent agents to avoid or MvdV> remdy the above situation.
I would like to disagree with you, that Binkd keeps on trying a IPv4 connection if only an IPv6 address is available.
Moreover, Binkd has no knowledge of the Nodelist. It is the task of the intermediate software, that converts te Nodelist to Binkd's version to translate the INO4 to a "-6", or to exclude the node if the list is prepared for a ipv4 only node.
Kees
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