--- manpages/bsmtp.1.old.old	2012-06-28 16:52:03.000000000 +0200
+++ manpages/bsmtp.1	2012-07-10 14:39:27.818315931 +0200
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
 .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
 .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
-.TH BSMTP 1 "6 December 2009" "Kern Sibbald" "Network backup, recovery and verification"
+.TH BSMTP 1 "3 July 2012" "Kern Sibbald" "Network backup, recovery and verification"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 .\"
 .SH NAME
@@ -23,9 +23,18 @@
 
 .SH OPTIONS
 .TP
+.B \-4
+Forces bsmtp to use IPv4 addresses only.
+.TP
+.B \-6
+Forces bsmtp to use IPv6 addresses only.
+.TP
 .B \-8
 Encode the mail in UTF-8.
 .TP
+.B \-a
+Use any ip protocol for address resolution.
+.TP
 .B \-c
 Set the \fBCc:\fR header.
 .TP
@@ -115,4 +124,4 @@
 .nh
 <lbc@members.fsf.org>.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-.BR "bacula-dir" "(8) "
\ No newline at end of file
+.BR "bacula-dir" "(8) "
--- src/tools/bsmtp.c.old	2012-06-28 16:52:03.000000000 +0200
+++ src/tools/bsmtp.c	2012-07-10 14:39:27.967318985 +0200
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@
 #define MAXSTRING 254
 #endif
 
+enum resolv_type {
+   RESOLV_PROTO_ANY,
+   RESOLV_PROTO_IPV4,
+   RESOLV_PROTO_IPV6
+};
+
 static FILE *sfp;
 static FILE *rfp;
 
@@ -97,6 +103,7 @@
 static int mailport = 25;
 static char my_hostname[MAXSTRING];
 static bool content_utf8 = false;
+static resolv_type default_resolv_type = RESOLV_PROTO_IPV4;
 
 /* 
  * Take input that may have names and other stuff and strip
@@ -185,7 +192,12 @@
    fprintf(stderr,
 _("\n"
 "Usage: %s [-f from] [-h mailhost] [-s subject] [-c copy] [recipient ...]\n"
+"       -4          forces bsmtp to use IPv4 addresses only.\n"
+#ifdef HAVE_IPV6
+"       -6          forces bsmtp to use IPv6 addresses only.\n"
+#endif
 "       -8          set charset to UTF-8\n"
+"       -a          use any ip protocol for address resolution\n"
 "       -c          set the Cc: field\n"
 "       -d <nn>     set debug level to <nn>\n"
 "       -dt         print a timestamp in debug output\n"
@@ -277,6 +289,11 @@
    struct hostent *hp;
    struct sockaddr_in sin;
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_IPV6
+   const char *options = "468ac:d:f:h:r:s:l:?";
+#else
+   const char *options = "48ac:d:f:h:r:s:l:?";
+#endif
     
    setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US");
    bindtextdomain("bacula", LOCALEDIR);
@@ -285,11 +302,26 @@
    my_name_is(argc, argv, "bsmtp");
    maxlines = 0;
 
-   while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, "8c:d:f:h:r:s:l:?")) != -1) {
+   while ((ch = getopt(argc, argv, options)) != -1) {
       switch (ch) {
+      case '4':
+         default_resolv_type = RESOLV_PROTO_IPV4;
+         break;
+
+#ifdef HAVE_IPV6
+      case '6':
+         default_resolv_type = RESOLV_PROTO_IPV6;
+         break;
+#endif
+
       case '8':
          content_utf8 = true;
          break;
+
+      case 'a':
+         default_resolv_type = RESOLV_PROTO_ANY;
+         break;
+
       case 'c':
          Dmsg1(20, "cc=%s\n", optarg);
          cc_addr = optarg;
@@ -430,16 +462,31 @@
 lookup_host:
 #ifdef HAVE_GETADDRINFO
    memset(&hints, 0, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
-   hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+   switch (default_resolv_type) {
+   case RESOLV_PROTO_ANY:
+      hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+      break;
+   case RESOLV_PROTO_IPV4:
+      hints.ai_family = AF_INET;
+      break;
+#ifdef HAVE_IPV6
+   case RESOLV_PROTO_IPV6:
+      hints.ai_family = AF_INET6;
+      break;
+#endif
+   default:
+      hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+      break;
+   }
    hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
-   hints.ai_protocol = IPPROTO_TCP;
+   hints.ai_protocol = 0;
    hints.ai_flags = 0;
    snprintf(mail_port, sizeof(mail_port), "%d", mailport);
 
    if ((res = getaddrinfo(mailhost, mail_port, &hints, &ai)) != 0) {
       Pmsg2(0, _("Error unknown mail host \"%s\": ERR=%s\n"),
             mailhost, gai_strerror(res));
-      if (!strcasecmp(mailhost, "localhost")) {
+      if (strcasecmp(mailhost, "localhost")) {
          Pmsg0(0, _("Retrying connection using \"localhost\".\n"));
          mailhost = "localhost";
          goto lookup_host;