You are using an old version (6.1.1) of WinSCP.
The documentation covers the latest WinSCP version 6.3.3.
Some features documented here may not be present in your version.
Consider upgrading to the latest version.
Host “…” does not exist
You may get this message when connecting to a server for following reasons:
- You may have typed a wrong hostname on Login dialog.
- Your domain name is new and is not fully distributed to DNS servers yet.
- Connection was blocked by firewall. Please refer to FAQ.
- Problem with DNS server.
- Common mistake is to enter full URL (e.g.
ftp://ftp.example.com) as hostname on Login dialog instead of actual hostname (e.g.ftp.example.com). - In scripting, you may get this error when using
open site_namesyntax in an environment, where stored sitesite_namedoes not exist. Thesite_namewill then be used as a hostname instead. See Why WinSCP does not work in a new environment (operating system, machine, user account, network), when it works for me in a different environment already? - Server IPv6 address might by misconfigured. Try forcing IPv4 in Internet protocol version session settings.
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