On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 09:15:50PM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 12/7/10 9:02 PM, Ryan Wagoner wrote: > > > >> Well in fact I don't think that will even work with the present URL > >> rules. Just on a lark I clicked on your string, and my firefox > >> interpreted it as http://3ffe:1900. Unless there's a special http > >> protocol string for ipv6? > >> > >> Tony > > > > Since : is used to denote the port you must put the IPv6 address in brackets. > > > > http://[3ffe:1900:4545:3:200:f8ff:fe21:67cf]/ > > Thunderbird doesn't make that a clickable link. Since the change to ipv6 is > pretty much inevitable and probably most things will eventually work out, maybe > we should focus on the little things (like programs not recognizing the > addresses in various contexts) that are going to cause pain during the transition. I see that UrlView in mutt gets it just fine. :-) Mihai