James v3 & IPv6

[Laurent Rouvet <la...@rouvet.com>]

Hi,

I've noticed that a lot of matchers & mailets wouldn't support ipv6.

As you may know, and depending of where you are, ipv4 get harder and 
harder to get.
Moreover, now, all the mail server support ipv6.

Supporting ipv6 is in theory easy, as soon you quite handling ip addres 
via the Java Object and as soon you don't manupulate directy the 
address: "." ....
Of course, supporting ipv6 for James is not so easy.

I think that the following action should be taken...
1. audit James code to list the code with handle the ip address directly
2. propose few Object to abstract the ip address manipulation
3. start using those news objects to manipulate the ip address...  Then 
we can carry on using the right way for the new code... or review and 
rewrite all the code

The ipv6 support may interesse some student....?

Laurent Rouvet.