Re: [Exim] Hmm. I haven't seen this one before.

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Derrick MacPherson
CC: Exim Users List
Subject: Re: [Exim] Hmm. I haven't seen this one before.
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Derrick MacPherson wrote:

> I am seeing this in my exim log:
>
> 2001-03-29 10:42:38 rejected EHLO from [209.88.236.42]:
> syntactically invalid argument(s): ::ffff:209.88.236.42
>
>
> What is with the ::ffff: before the address?


That's an IPv4 address, converted to IPv6 notation. The rules for EHLO
do allow for address literals, but these are enclosed in square brackets.

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