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From: Galevsky <galevsky@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] postfix - how to test
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 13:34:52
Message-Id: d5cfc3af0706010628l3256c3acg4c9e2f1292165ff5@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] postfix - how to test by Albert Hopkins
1 Just my two cents: don't forget to use temporary email boxes like
2 yopmail.com, these boxes can be very helpful for the kind of tests you
3 may run.
4
5 Gal'
6
7 2007/6/1, Albert Hopkins <marduk@g.o>:
8 > On Fri, 2007-06-01 at 14:45 +0200, Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote:
9 > > testing if apache works is easy, you just go to http://localhost and
10 > > see
11 > > if something happens,
12 > > but how do I test if postfix actual sends my mail?
13 >
14 > Well, you set up a web server to deliver web content. I'm assuming
15 > you're setting up a mail server to deliver mail. So the test is to see
16 > that it delivers mail.
17 >
18 > Not that I've ever used postfix, but testing a mail server should be
19 > pretty similar for any platform.
20 >
21 > 1. Create a mailbox (or use a remote one)
22 > 2. Using a MUA, for example, connect to mail server.
23 > 3. Send message to be delivered to mailbox
24 > 4. Verify message delivered to mailbox.
25 >
26 > --
27 > Albert W. Hopkins
28 >
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