--- pan/pan.c.orig	Wed Jun 25 14:47:22 2008
+++ pan/pan.c	Wed Jun 25 14:47:24 2008
@@ -258,6 +258,9 @@
 	g_set_prgname ("Pan");
 	g_thread_init (NULL);
 	gnet_init ();
+	/* if this isn't specified, connection to any server fails,
+	   even IPv4 */
+	gnet_ipv6_set_policy(GIPV6_POLICY_IPV6_THEN_IPV4);
 	gdk_threads_init ();
 	gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
 	g_mime_init (GMIME_INIT_FLAG_UTF8);