On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:48 PM, Gopalakrishnan Subramani <gopalakrishnan.subram...@gmail.com> wrote: > fakemail seems to be right solution to me. interesting discovery. > Had troubles with easy_install. Colleague recommended http://packages.python.org/lazr.smtptest/docs/queue.html
Quickly tried out in shell .. works and looks like a very appropriate tool. Dhananjay > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 1:10 AM, Dhananjay Nene > <dhananjay.n...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Just discovered http://www.lastcraft.com/fakemail.php >> >> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Dhananjay Nene >> <dhananjay.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:34 PM, Dhananjay Nene >> > <dhananjay.n...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:25 PM, Gopalakrishnan Subramani >> >> <gopalakrishnan.subram...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> So you basically look for SMTP and also a POP3 access to the server? >> With >> >>> that you could send a mail using SMTP and retrieve using POP3 to make >> sure >> >>> the mail reached safely? There is no way to get the return receipt in >> SMTP >> >>> (sorry, I could be wrong since I coded SMTP & POP3 6 years back with >> limited >> >>> support). >> >> >> >> Only SMTP with programmatic access to query received emails is good >> enough. >> >>> >> >>> I used jmailsrv which is simple to configure and test on your >> scenarios. >> >>> >> >>> If you could share your testing strategy to test email, it would lead >> to >> >>> good discussion. >> >>> >> >> >> >> There is an released artifact "X". X needs to be tested for acceptance >> >> criteria. No code changes can be introduced into X. X sends out >> >> emails. Test cases need to test whether the mails got sent out >> >> correctly. Thus after running test sequences, the mails that have gone >> >> out need to be verified. The intent is to embed the mail server into >> >> the test case (not X). Thus outgoing emails from X will get dispatched >> >> to and received by the embedded mail server. Since test cases (but not >> >> X) have programmatic access to X and its datastore, using whatever is >> >> the available mail server api to query the mails it has received is >> >> acceptable mechanism of verification. Using a embedded python mail >> >> server helps the test cases to just test the received emails using >> >> python calls rather than having to do POP3 calls instead. >> >> >> > s/programmatic access to X and its datastore/programmatic access to >> > mail server and its datastore/g >> >> Dhananjay >> >> >> >>> >> >>> On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:42 AM, Dhananjay Nene >> >>> <dhananjay.n...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> 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 >> >>>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> >>> BangPypers mailing list >> >>> BangPypers@python.org >> >>> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers >> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> http://blog.dhananjaynene.com twitter: @dnene google plus: >> >> http://gplus.to/dhananjaynene >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > http://blog.dhananjaynene.com twitter: @dnene google plus: >> > http://gplus.to/dhananjaynene >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> http://blog.dhananjaynene.com twitter: @dnene google plus: >> http://gplus.to/dhananjaynene >> _______________________________________________ >> BangPypers mailing list >> BangPypers@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers >> > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://blog.dhananjaynene.com twitter: @dnene google plus: http://gplus.to/dhananjaynene _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
