imap.orange.fr publishes IPv6 but doesn't answer on it.

Has both IPv4 (A) and IPv6 (AAAA) addresses.

This is a saved measurement from 2026-11-01 02:56 UTC. Check imap.orange.fr live now

F
IPv6 readiness
Publishes IPv6 but doesn't answer on it — worse than having none.
Website over IPv6
imap.orange.fr has an AAAA record, but nothing answered on ports 443 or 80. IPv6 visitors wait for a timeout before falling back to IPv4.
✗ 2a01:cb08:2040:4:a::22 no answer✗ 2a01:cb08:2040:4:a::21 no answer✗ 2a01:cb09:2040:9:b::22 no answer✗ 2a01:cb09:2040:9:b::21 no answer
broken
Mail servers (MX) have IPv6
No MX records, so mail goes to the domain's own address (implicit MX). It has an AAAA record.		yes
Nameservers have IPv6
2 of 2 nameservers checked have an AAAA record, so IPv6-only resolvers can look the domain up.
ns2.orange.fr ✓ns1.orange.fr ✓
yes

What's keeping imap.orange.fr from an A

  1. Fix or remove the AAAA record for imap.orange.fr
    Something published an IPv6 address but nothing answers on it, so IPv6 visitors wait for a timeout first. Either make the server listen on IPv6 (and allow ports 443/80 through its firewall), or delete the AAAA record until it does.

Check again

imap.orange.fr  Has IPv6

A (IPv4)80.12.24.203
80.12.24.202
80.12.24.201
80.12.24.200
80.12.24.10
80.12.24.9
80.12.24.8
80.12.24.11
80.12.24.12
80.12.24.204
AAAA (IPv6)2a01:cb08:2040:4:a::22
2a01:cb08:2040:4:a::21
2a01:cb09:2040:9:b::22
2a01:cb09:2040:9:b::21

Browsers on dual-stack networks will usually pick IPv6 here (the "Happy Eyeballs" algorithm races both and prefers v6).

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Checked 2026-11-01 02:56:07 UTC. Full DNS report: dns.pizza/domain/imap.orange.fr · JSON: /api/v1/imap.orange.fr