(ipv6 culprit - not really solved) Re: can't access windows live/MSN AND Orange webmail from kubuntu anymore (3rd email attempt)

[Tom H]

>> The fe80... ipv6 address is the equivalent of the 127.0.0.1 ipv4 address.

> Er, no. The IPv6 equivalent of 127.0.0.1 (sometimes called the "loopback
> address") is ::1.

Very true. Sorry!

I am having a brain-dead day (I was a few mm away from hitting enter
after typing "rm .rf *" while in a Solaris box's root dir at work this
afternoon...).

fe80... is the ipv6 equivalent of ipv4's 169.254.x.x .