> I need to send my mail via IPv6. That's why I want to specify an IPv6 > address in smtp_url. But unfortunately I cannot make it work. I tried > > set smtp_url="smtps://[2001:dB8:aaaa::1]" > > with and without the square brackets. > But mutt cannot parse this. How does one specify this? > Sadly, I cannot use dns names since the local network has no IPv6 > nameserver and the SMTP server is IPv6 only. Further I don't have root > access.
A solution is to use a lightweight SMTP agent. I tried msmtp and it works. Jens