On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Gopalakrishnan Subramani <gopalakrishnan.subram...@gmail.com> wrote: > Use the http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/2.7/Lib/smtpd.py server. smtpd is > a proxy so only look at the client interface level, you may not need to push > to local server, no need to store to DB etc. > > you copy the file and modify and wrap to meet your automation needs and to > get the response confirmation once the mail delivered. > > SMTP RFC is very simple to code even in C++ & Java. But until or unless you > have mail client or mail proxy or a email server as your core > business/module or automating the application functional testing, you don't > need to worry about testing with real mail server. > > Since you have mentioned as automated test, I assume that you don't mean > unit testing.
It is automated acceptance testing .. so testing is strictly at the system boundaries. So it has to test the released version of the artifact - without *any* changes. I presume that would constrain me from introducing a different smtpd.py > Gopal > > > > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 11:39 PM, Dhananjay Nene > <dhananjay.n...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Anand Chitipothu <anandol...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > 2011/8/24 Dhananjay Nene <dhananjay.n...@gmail.com>: >> >> What would be good options to embed a python mail server ? >> >> >> >> The scope is strictly restricted to automated testing. So the embedded >> >> mail server (embedded in the test cases) acts as the server which >> >> receives email and is in turn further queried to ensure receipt of >> >> email correctly. >> >> >> >> One option is http://lamsonproject.org/ >> >> >> >> Are there any other options you might suggest? >> > >> > Do you really want to run a mail server for testing? I usually monkey >> > patch the function to send email and store the emails in a global >> > variable for later access. >> > >> >> In automated acceptance testing context I believe it would be >> appropriate to implement a mail server. With unit tests, stubbing the >> mail server with a mock would've been fine. >> >> Dhananjay _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
