If you have setup a new email address or are having problems with sending or receiving email, follow these two steps to test your email account.
1. Send yourself an email
A simple test, but one which can quickly rule-out problems. If you can send and receive email normally your email is working correctly.
2. Email an Echo Mailer Service
Send an email to echo@univie.ac.at – A free service provided by Vienna University Computer Center. When your email reaches echo@univie.ac.at, their mail server will automatically send you a copy of the email confirming it’s working. The Vienna University mail echo service is an external service so it can take a few minutes for you to receive the reply.
Example Echo Email Reply
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Vienna University Computer Center - Echo Service
echo@univie.ac.at
This message was generated upon your request by the
automatic answering service.
Answers are limited to _one_every_two_minutes_ to
prevent abuse!
Attached you'll find the first 4 kByte of your mail.
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------ This is a copy of the message, including all the headers.
Received: from roger.univie.ac.at ([131.130.3.102] helo=roger.univie.ac.at)
by grace.univie.ac.at with esmtps (TLSv1.2:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:128)
(Exim 4.90)
(envelope-from <info@example.com>)
id 1eYqra-00059p-Pb
for echo@echomailer.univie.ac.at; Tue, 09 Jan 2018 11:10:34 +0100
Authentication-Results: roger.univie.ac.at; dmarc=pass header.from=example.com
Received-SPF: pass (roger.univie.ac.at: domain of example.com designates 127.0.0.1 as permitted sender) client-ip=127.0.0.1; envelope-from=info@example.com; helo=mail.example.com;
Received: from mail.example.com ([ 127.0.0.1] helo=mail.example.com)
by roger.univie.ac.at with esmtp (Exim 4.90)
(envelope-from <info@example.com>)
id 1eYqrZ-00068o-15
for echo@univie.ac.at; Tue, 09 Jan 2018 11:10:34 +0100
Received: from [10.0.1.3] (unknown [127.0.0.1])
by mail.example.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id DF33240EA6
for <echo@univie.ac.at>; Tue, 9 Jan 2018 10:10:30 +0000 (GMT)
DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=example.com;
s=default; t=1515492630;
bh=fdkeB/A0FkbVP2k4J4pNPoeWH6vqBm9+b0C3OY87Cw8=;
h=From:Subject:Date:To;
b=VCSLMfID/n18lGq8JtK3oenYsI0Nh1Ujf5K1OaJt79+Y+sFpvCafI/eqjaIius2uz
X2kGJfZcT6FsfXaKEvs+aKrafedKzEXAMPLE0cUIn5x8MosTHs54
F1hBfa8F1kK899RkyBjI0l1g0j44Ec/wUPPbNGy4=
From: Example Name <info@example.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 10.3 \(3273\))
Subject: Test
Message-Id: <2709EC6B-4A63-40C6-A82E-26B79096292A@example.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2018 10:10:28 +0000
To: echo@univie.ac.at
X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3273)
X-Univie-DKIM-Check: header.i=@example.com result:pass
X-Univie-Virus-Scan: scanned by ClamAV on roger.univie.ac.at
Test email