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Description of problem: I have in /etc/rsyslog.conf: #### ommail module configuration #### $ModLoad ommail $ActionMailSMTPServer localhost $ActionMailFrom rsyslog@localhost $ActionMailTo operator1@localhost $template mailSubject,"rsyslog ommail test on %hostname%" $template mailBody,"RSYSLOG Alert\r\nmsg='%msg%'" $ActionMailSubject mailSubject When /etc/hosts looks like: 127.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4 ::1 localhost localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6 rsyslog is not able to connect to smtp port (be also aware of 740514). When I remove localhost from ipv6 line, rsyslog works as expected. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rsyslog-4.6.2-10.el6 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. configure rsyslog to send logs via smtp server on localhost 2. update /etc/hosts file so localhost is assigned both to ipv4 and ipv6 address 3. log a message Actual results: mail not sent Expected results: mail sent Additional info:
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This isn't going to make it this devel-cycle. Postponing to 6.6.