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.
