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Test Reachability of Email Servers with Ping

With Ping, you can check whether or not you can reach our email servers from your home computer.

 

Please enter the ping command and server name in the command prompt or terminal.

 

You can find examples below of how a successful ping on our IMAP, POP3, and SMTP servers under Windows looks like.

Ping to the IMAP server 


			ping imap.ionos.com

Ping imap.ionos.com [212.227.15.XXX] with 32 bytes of data:

Answer by 212.227.15.XXX: Bytes = 32 Time <1ms TTL = 59
Answer by 212.227.15.XXX: Bytes = 32 Time <1ms TTL = 59
Answer by 212.227.15.XXX: Bytes = 32 Time <1ms TTL = 59
Answer by 212.227.15.XXX: Bytes = 32 Time <1ms TTL = 59

Ping to the Pop3 server 


			ping pop.ionos.com

Ping pop.ionos.com [212.227.15.XXX] with 32 bytes of data:

Answer by 212.227.15.XXX: Bytes = 32 Time = 1ms TTL = 59
Answer by 212.227.15.XXX: Bytes = 32 Time = 1ms TTL = 59
Answer by 212.227.15.XXX: Bytes = 32 Time = 1ms TTL = 59
Answer by 212.227.15.XXX: Bytes = 32 Time = 1ms TTL = 59

Ping to the SMTP server 


			ping smtp.ionos.com

Ping smtp.ionos.com [212.227.15.XXX] with 32 bytes of data:

Answer by 212.227.15.XXX: Bytes = 32 Time = 1ms TTL = 59
Answer by 212.227.15.XXX: Bytes = 32 Time = 1ms TTL = 59
Answer by 212.227.15.XXX: Bytes = 32 Time = 1ms TTL = 59
Answer by 212.227.15.XXX: Bytes = 32 Time = 1ms TTL = 59

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