NAME

       smtpping — SMTP benchmarking and measurement tool

SYNOPSIS

       smtpping  [-dqrJ46]  [-p  port]  [-w  wait]  [-c  count]  [-P  parallel]  [-s  size] [-f file] [-H hello]
                [-S sender] recipient [@server]

DESCRIPTION

       smtpping is a small tool that performs SMTP server delay, delay variation and throughput measurements.

       It must be invoked with the recipient email address.  Normally,  the  server  should  also  be  specified
       (prefixed  with @); otherwise smtpping will try to find the recipient domain's MX record, falling back on
       A/AAAA records.

       The following options are available:

       -4      Use IPv4.

       -6      Use IPv6.

       -p port
               Specifies the TCP port to use (default: 25).

       -w wait
               Time in milliseconds to wait between pings (default: 1000).

       -c count
               Number of pings to send (default: unlimited).

       -P processes
               Number of parallel worker processes (default: 1). To measure throughput, it's recommended to  use
               -r and -w0 with this option.

       -s size
               Ping message size in kilobytes (default: 10). Cannot be used in conjunction with the -f option.

       -f file
               Send  the specified email file (message/rfc822) instead of a generated message. Cannot be used in
               conjunction with the -s option.

       -H helo
               HELO name (default: localhost.localdomain).

       -S sender
               Sender address (default: <>).

       -r      Display rate instead of transaction delays. To measure throughput, it's recommended  to  use  -w0
               and possibly -P with this option.

       -q      Display less verbose output.

       -d      Display more verbose output.

AUTHORS

       The  smtpping program was written by Anders Berggren <anders@desh.se> and Erik Lax <erik@datahack.se> for
       Halon Security AB.

Debian                                          December 3, 2015                                     SMTPPING(1)