[Dovecot] Dovecot and IPv6

Antonio Querubin tony at lava.net
Sat Jul 3 20:33:52 EEST 2010


On Sat, 3 Jul 2010, Steven King wrote:

> I am trying to run Dovecot with IPv6 and IPv4. I have the following
> command in my conf:
>
> listen = *
>
> This makes Dovecot listen on all addresses on IPv4.
> I then add:
>
> listen = [::]
>
> So the conf now has both listen lines. This forces Dovecot to listen on
> all IPv6 addresses, but it no longer responds to requests on IPv4.
>
> Is there a way to get Dovecot to listen on both protocols?

listen = *, [::]

But that may be the default anyway so if you leave it commented out I 
think you get the same effect.

Antonio Querubin
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