Hello: Just for future reference, here is how (according to WireShark, a network sniffer) JMeter modified my '.eml' file while sending it to the SMTP server (modified headers marked with ">>>").
Thanks again Sebb! ----------------------------------------------- To: exam...@example.com >>>Subject: SPECIFIED_IN_SAMPLER Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="-----7D81B75CCC90D2974F7A1CBD" Date: 16 Mar 2011 19:28:00 +1100 >>>From: specified_in_samp...@example.com >>>MIME-Version: 1.0 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. -------7D81B75CCC90D2974F7A1CBD Content-Type: text/plain Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="POC_PO_SUBMISSION.XML" <XML> <a/><b/><c/>... </XML> -------7D81B75CCC90D2974F7A1CBD-- On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Sonam Chauhan <son...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Have you tried: > > > > "Send .eml" If set, the .eml file will be sent instead of the entries > > in the Subject, Message, and Attached files > > Thanks Sebb! I created one and it worked! > > This was the one thing I hadn't tried as I thought '.eml' files were > Outlook-specific. I see now the .eml format is basically the > RFC822 email standard format. > > Some caveats: > > 1. Contrary to the documentation, the "Subject:" line in the .eml file > is ignored by the sampler. > The "Subject:" field of the sampler is always used. > 2. It would be good clarifying in the documentation that the .eml file > format is the standard RFC822 format. > 3. Offtopic, but for anyone trying this in future -- avoid using your > own company's email servers - they may 'rewrite' inbound emails. Its > better > sending test emails to a Gmail account, opening the message and choosing > "Show Original" (in options dropdown, next to "Reply"). I also had to use > WireShark to verify what JMeter was doing. > > Regards > Sonam > > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 5:17 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Have you tried: > > > > "Send .eml" If set, the .eml file will be sent instead of the entries > > in the Subject, Message, and Attached files > > > > On 22 March 2011 04:34, Sonam Chauhan <son...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> Which version of JMeter are you using? > >> > >> The latest, 2.4 (just downloaded it yesterday :) > >> > >> Sonam > >> > >> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:23 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> On 21 March 2011 23:19, Sonam Chauhan <son...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> I've been trying without success to get the JMeter SMTP sampler to > >>>> simulate sending email to a system which receives emails in > >>>> particular format. I basically need it to send a multipart MIME email, > >>>> containing a single part (content type 'text/plain') with an XML > >>>> document. (Please see example below). > >>>> > >>>> Depending on the options used, the JMeter SMTP sampler seems to > >>>> either not send a multipart message, or base-64 encode the XML > >>>> document -- the receiving system cannot handle this. > >>>> > >>>> Is there any way to just specify the full body of the email, including > >>>> headers? i.e. Can the SMTP sampler send an email exactly as shown > >>>> below? > >>> > >>> Which version of JMeter are you using? > >>> > >>>> Regards > >>>> Sonam > >>>> > >>>> EXAMPLE > >>>> ----------------------------------------------- > >>>> To: exam...@example.com > >>>> Subject: xyz > >>>> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; > boundary="-----7D81B75CCC90D2974F7A1CBD" > >>>> Date: 16 Mar 2011 19:28:00 +1100 > >>>> > >>>> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >>>> -------7D81B75CCC90D2974F7A1CBD > >>>> Content-Type: text/plain > >>>> Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="POC_PO_SUBMISSION.XML" > >>>> > >>>> <XML> <a/><b/><c/>... > >>>> </XML> > >>>> > >>>> -------7D81B75CCC90D2974F7A1CBD-- > >>>> > >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: jmeter-user-unsubscr...@jakarta.apache.org > >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: jmeter-user-h...@jakarta.apache.org > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: jmeter-user-unsubscr...@jakarta.apache.org > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: jmeter-user-h...@jakarta.apache.org > >>> > >>> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: jmeter-user-unsubscr...@jakarta.apache.org > >> For additional commands, e-mail: jmeter-user-h...@jakarta.apache.org > >> > >> > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: jmeter-user-unsubscr...@jakarta.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: jmeter-user-h...@jakarta.apache.org > > > > > >
