wow. we do use XCLIENT already. but I did not consider it for testing purpose.
you made my day :) вт, 2 окт. 2018 г. в 12:46, Patrick Ben Koetter <p...@sys4.de>: > * Илья Шипицин <chipits...@gmail.com>: > > вт, 2 окт. 2018 г. в 4:24, Wietse Venema <wie...@porcupine.org>: > > > > > ???? ???????: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > we have pretty complicated setup. when we change something, we can > break > > > > something else. however, we can describe "what must work". > > > > > > In the case of email, this is usually tested by sending email and > > > monitoring one or more destination mailboxes, to determine if the > > > message is delivered in the expected time and with the expected > > > content. > > > > > > > is there a way of describing configuration testing like > > > > > > > > https://openresty.gitbooks.io/programming-openresty/content/testing/test-nginx.html > > > > ? > > > > > > SMTP is a store-and-forward protocol, therefore server responses > > > alone cover only a small part of a complete email transaction. > > > > > > > I understand that HTTP and SMTP are different (while HTTP borrowed a lot > > from SMTP, like return status codes). > > what I did already is "sendmail -bt" (become test) mode. it allows to > test > > some aspects of smtp rules (not many, mostly address manipulation). > > > > what I would like to test are > > > > 1) some IP are allowed to relay, some are not allowed (i'd like to > specify > > several IP addresses and see "relay allowed" or "relay not allowed") > > 2) some domains should be delivered via LMTP, i.e. locally (I'd like to > > specify both local and remote addresses and see what happens) > > 3) DKIM signature is added to certain domains (via milter), I'd like to > > send test messages and see > > > > well, at least "3)" can be tested via real use letters. not clear how to > > test "1)" and "2)" > > For 1) and 2) read into XCLIENT. We use it for functional testing all the > time. For 3) send the message to another (local) instance and let it > verify, > then parse the log. > > > p@rick > > > > -- > [*] sys4 AG > > https://sys4.de, +49 (89) 30 90 46 64 > Schleißheimer Straße 26/MG,80333 München > > Sitz der Gesellschaft: München, Amtsgericht München: HRB 199263 > Vorstand: Patrick Ben Koetter, Marc Schiffbauer, Wolfgang Stief > Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender: Florian Kirstein > >
