[exim-cvs] doc: Clarify the IPv4-mapped IPv6 lookups.

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Subject: [exim-cvs] doc: Clarify the IPv4-mapped IPv6 lookups.
Gitweb: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commitdiff/a23acfd5c4366f1c4d97e87ac61ee841f39b819a
Commit:     a23acfd5c4366f1c4d97e87ac61ee841f39b819a
Parent:     8459057864e8acfbbd91611cc44779310d6149dc
Author:     Heiko Schlittermann (HS12-RIPE) <hs@???>
AuthorDate: Wed Mar 13 21:53:12 2019 +0100
Committer:  Heiko Schlittermann (HS12-RIPE) <hs@???>
CommitDate: Wed Mar 13 21:53:12 2019 +0100


    doc: Clarify the IPv4-mapped IPv6 lookups.


    Credits to Andreas Metzler <eximusers@???>.
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 doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)


diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index c21bc0d..f0bfd0e 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -6744,7 +6744,8 @@ the implicit key is the host's IP address rather than its name (see section

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&*Warning 3*&: Do not use an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address for a key; use the
-IPv4. Such addresses being searched for are converted to IPv4.
+IPv4, in dotted-quad form. (Exim converts IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses to this
+notation before executing the lookup.)
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