smtp.nic.kz publishes IPv6 but doesn't answer on it.

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

This is a saved measurement from 2026-11-15 17:54 UTC. Check smtp.nic.kz live now

F
IPv6 readiness
Publishes IPv6 but doesn't answer on it — worse than having none.
Website over IPv6
smtp.nic.kz has an AAAA record, but nothing answered on ports 443 or 80. IPv6 visitors wait for a timeout before falling back to IPv4.
✗ 2a01:7640::81 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
3 of 3 nameservers checked have an AAAA record, so IPv6-only resolvers can look the domain up.
ns.nic.kz ✓ns1.nic.kz ✓ns.relcom.kz ✓
yes

What's keeping smtp.nic.kz from an A

  1. Fix or remove the AAAA record for smtp.nic.kz
    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

smtp.nic.kz  Has IPv6

A (IPv4)80.241.0.81
AAAA (IPv6)2a01:7640::81

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

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 Permanent link: aaaa.bot/r/PbDDQFiQFy · How we measure

Checked 2026-11-15 17:54:54 UTC. Full DNS report: dns.pizza/domain/smtp.nic.kz · Age, certificate and blocklists: how.is/smtp.nic.kz · JSON: /api/v1/smtp.nic.kz